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Race man : the rise and fall of the "fighting editor," John Mitchell, Jr. /

"Best known for his crusade against lynching in the 1880s, John Mitchell Jr. was also involved in a number of civil rights crusades that seem more contemporary to the 1950s and 1960s than the turn of that century. He led a boycott against segregated streetcars in 1904 and fought residential seg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alexander, Ann Field, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The making of a "colored gentleman"
  • "Colored teachers for colored schools"
  • Founding The planet
  • "Lynch law must go!"
  • A manly protest
  • The politics of Jackson Ward
  • "No officers, no fight!"
  • Disfranchisement
  • "Did God call the pastor?"
  • Jim Crow and race pride
  • The lure of fraternalism
  • "A sane and sensible businessman"
  • The perils of prosperity
  • Collapse
  • Epilogue.