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Crowds and Soldiers in Revolutionary North Carolina: the Culture of Violence and War
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 2001
284 kr
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GENDERED FREEDOM: RACE, RIGHTS, and the POLITICS of HOUSEHOLD in the DELTA 1875
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 2003
284 kr
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South of the South
Jewish Activists and the Civil Rights Movement in Miami 1960
Häftad, 2003
275 kr
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Using unusual and revealing primary materials from the careers of two remarkable Jewish women, Raymond Mohl offers an original interpretation of the role of Jewish civil rights activists in promoting racial change in post-World War II Miami. He describes the city's political climate after the war …
ATLANTA RIOT: RACE, CLASS, and VIOLENCE in a NEW SOUTH CITY
Av University Press of Florida
Häftad, 2004
275 kr
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Slavery and the Peculiar Solution
A History of the American Colonization Society
Av Eric Burin
Häftad, 2008
284 kr
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"An exceptional work that will stand for years as the best study of the African colonization movement. Burin's insights into this often misunderstood idea will be appreciated by all historians of the early national era. The research, both archival and secondary, is excellent."--Douglas Egerton, Le …
New Directions in the Study of African American Recolonization
Av Beverly Tomek, Matthew J. Hetrick
Inbunden, 2017
1055 kr
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This volume closely examines the movement to resettle black Americans in Africa, an effort led by the American Colonization Society during the nineteenth century and a heavily debated part of American history. Some believe it was inspired by antislavery principles, but others think it was a …
Everybody's Problem
The War on Poverty in Eastern North Carolina
Inbunden, 2017
997 kr
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While many scholars have argued that confrontation and protest were the most effective ways for the poor to empower themselves during the social change of the 1960s, Karen Hawkins demonstrates that moderate, local leadership and biracial cooperation were sometimes just as forceful. Everybody’s …
Fugitive Slaves and Spaces of Freedom in North America
Inbunden, 2018
1055 kr
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This volume introduces a new way to study the experiences of runaway slaves by defining different “spaces of freedom” that fugitive slaves inhabited. It also provides a groundbreaking continental view of fugitive slave migration, moving beyond the usual regional or national approaches to explore …
Unequal Freedoms
Ethnicity, Race, and White Supremacy in Civil War–Era Charleston
Häftad, 2015
953 kr
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During the latter half of the nineteenth century, German and Irish immigrants were as central to the development of the political economy of Charleston, South Carolina, as white southerners and African Americans. As artisans and entrepreneurs, foreigners occupied a middle tier in the racial and …
Black Power in Dixie
A Political History of African Americans in Atlanta
Häftad, 2016
313 kr
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From Reconstruction to recent times, the middle-class black leadership in Atlanta, while often subordinating class and gender differences to forge a continuous campaign for equality, successfully maintained its mantle of racial leadership for more than a century through a deft combination of racial …
Denmark Vesey Affair
A Documentary History
Av Douglas R. Egerton, Robert L. Paquette
Inbunden, 2017
1753 kr
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In 1822, thirty-four slaves and their leader, a free black man named Denmark Vesey, were tried and executed for their alleged plot to murder the white citizens of Charleston, South Carolina. Presenting a vast collection of contemporary documents that support or contradict the “official” story, the …
Seedtime, the Work, and the Harvest
New Perspectives on the Black Freedom Struggle in America
Av Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Reginald K. Ellis m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
284 kr
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This volume's contributors expand the chronology and geography of the black freedom struggle beyond the traditional emphasis on the Jim Crow South and the years between 1954 and 1968. Beginning as far back as the nineteenth century, and analyzing case studies from southern, northern, and border …
Throwing Off the Cloak of Privilege
White Southern Women Activists in the Civil Rights Era
Inbunden, 2018
880 kr
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While playing the southern lady for the white political establishment, thousands of mostly middle-class, middle-aged, married white women become grassroots activists in America's civil rights movement, sometimes at the cost of friendships, status, economic security, and family support. The original …
Latino Orlando
Suburban Transformation and Racial Conflict
Inbunden, 2020
938 kr
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Latino Orlando portrays the experiences of first- and second-generation immigrants who have come to the Orlando metropolitan area from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, and other Latin American countries. While much research on immigration focuses on urban destinations, Simone Delerme …
Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era
Inbunden, 2021
997 kr
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This book examines the complexities of life for African Americans in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. Although the Valley was a site of fierce conflicts during the Civil War and its military activity has been extensively studied, scholars have largely …
Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture
Inbunden, 2021
1055 kr
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This book details how African American women used lessons in basic literacy to crack the foundation of white supremacy and sow seeds for collective action during the civil rights movement. Deanna Gillespie traces the history of the Citizenship Education Program (CEP), a grassroots initiative that …
Changing South of Gene Patterson
Journalism and Civil Rights, 1960-1968
Av Roy Peter Clark, Raymond Arsenault
Häftad, 2020
284 kr
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The Changing South of Gene Patterson celebrates the work of one of America's most influential journalists who wrote in a time and place of dramatic social and political upheaval. The editor of the Atlanta Constitution from 1960 through 1968, Patterson wrote directly to his fellow white southerners …
Burning Faith
Church Arson in the American South
Häftad, 2020
304 kr
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In the 1990s, churches across the southeastern United States were targeted and set ablaze. These arsonists predominately targeted African American congregations and captured the attention of the media nationwide. Using oral histories, newspaper accounts, and governmental reports, Christopher Strain …
Fugitive Slaves and Spaces of Freedom in North America
Häftad, 2020
342 kr
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This volume introduces a new way to study the experiences of runaway slaves by defining different "spaces of freedom" they inhabited. It also provides a groundbreaking continental view of fugitive slave migration, moving beyond the usual regional or national approaches to explore locations in …
Southern History Remixed
On Rock 'n' Roll and the Dilemma of Race
Inbunden, 2024
1055 kr
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Southern History Remixed spotlights the key role of popular music in the shaping of the United States South from the late nineteenth century to the era of rock ‘n’ roll in the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s. While musical activities are often sidelined in historical narratives of the region, Michael …
Southern Methodist Women and Social Justice
Interracial Activism in the Long Twentieth Century
Av Janet Allured, M. Kathryn Armistead
Inbunden, 2025
1113 kr
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Highlighting the contributions of Methodist women in advocating for progressive reform from 1900 to the present This book tells the stories of nine southern Methodist women, who, inspired by their faith, carried forward the spirit of progressivism. They fought for racial equality, challenged white …
Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era
Häftad, 2022
298 kr
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The African American experience in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through ReconstructionThis book examines the complexities of life for African Americans in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. Although the Valley was a site of …
New Directions in the Study of African American Recolonization
Av Beverly Tomek, Matthew J. Hetrick
Häftad, 2022
342 kr
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This volume closely examines the movement to resettle black Americans in Africa, an effort led by the American Colonization Society during the nineteenth century and a heavily debated part of American history. Some believe it was inspired by antislavery principles, but others think it was a …
Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture
Häftad, 2023
298 kr
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Southern Association for Women Historians Julia Cherry Spruill Prize. Finalist, Hooks National Book AwardHow Black women used lessons in literacy to crack the foundation of white supremacy.This book details how African American women used lessons in basic literacy to crack the foundation of white …
Latino Orlando
Suburban Transformation and Racial Conflict
Häftad, 2023
284 kr
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Inside the experiences of immigrants from Latin America and the CaribbeanLatino Orlando portrays the experiences of first- and second-generation immigrants who have come to the Orlando metropolitan area from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, and other Latin American countries. While …
Show Thyself a Man
Georgia State Troops, Colored, 1865-1905
Häftad, 2024
356 kr
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Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council award for Excellence in Research in Using the Holdings of Archives<The history of Black militias in Georgia after the Civil War and their importance in defining citizenshipIn Show Thyself a Man, Gregory Mixon explores the ways in which African Americans …
Southern History Remixed
On Rock 'n' Roll and the Dilemma of Race
Häftad, 2025
298 kr
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How popular music reveals deep histories of racial tensions in southern cultureSouthern History Remixed spotlights the key role of popular music in the shaping of the United States South from the late nineteenth century to the era of rock ’n’ roll in the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s. While musical …
