Degrees of freedom : the origins of civil rights in Minnesota, 1865-1912 /

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He had just given a rousing speech to a crammed assembly in St. Paul, but Frederick Douglass, confidant to the Great Emancipator himself and conscience of the Republican Party, was denied a hotel room because he was black. This was Minnesota in 1873, four years after the state had approved black suf...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Green, William D. (William Davis), 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
Temas:
African Americans > Civil rights > Minnesota > History.
Civil rights movements > Minnesota > History.
African Americans > Minnesota > History.
Noirs américains > Droits > Minnesota > Histoire.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Minnesota > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Minnesota > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
African Americans
African Americans > Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Race relations
Minnesota > Race relations > History.
Minnesota > Relations raciales > Histoire.
Minnesota
Electronic book.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. The barbers
  • When America came to St. Paul
  • Maurice Jernigan takes a stand
  • On becoming a good Republican
  • The sons of freedom
  • Part II. The entrepreneurs
  • Mr. Douglass and the civilizable characteristics of the colored race
  • Senate Bill No. 181
  • A certain class of citizens
  • Professor Washington, leader of the race
  • The renaissance of the cakewalk
  • Part III. The radicals
  • Wheaton and McGhee: a tale of two leaders
  • The election of J. Frank Wheaton
  • A call to action
  • A defining moment for McGhee
  • After St. Paul, Niagara
  • The legacy
  • Epilogue: time for a different tone of advocacy.

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