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For the freedom of her race : Black women and electoral politics in Illinois, 1877-1932 /
Focusing on Chicago and downstate Illinois politics during the incredibly oppressive decades between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932--a period that is often described as the nadir of black life in America--Lisa Materson demonstrates the impact...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2009]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Focusing on Chicago and downstate Illinois politics during the incredibly oppressive decades between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932--a period that is often described as the nadir of black life in America--Lisa Materson demonstrates the impact that migrating southern black women had on midwestern and national politics, first in the Republican Party and later in the Democratic Party. Materson shows that as African American women migrated beyond the reach of southern white supremacists, they became active voters, canvassers, suffragists, campa. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 344 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-320) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807894033 0807894036 9781469605951 1469605953 |