Disturbing Development in the Jim Crow South /

"Disturbing Development in the Jim Crow South explores how Black employees within the United States Department of Agriculture re-worked federal mandates and re-imagined federal projects to serve their own collective goals to support Black farmer survival within the Jim Crow South. Domosh focuse...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Domosh, Mona, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2023]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Daly, Laura Randolph.
United States. > Department of Agriculture.
United States. > Department of Agriculture > Officials and employees > Biography.
Race relations.
Employees.
Economic history.
African American farmers > Social conditions.
African American farmers > Economic conditions.
African American farmers > Southern States > Social conditions > 20th century.
African American farmers > Southern States > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Southern States.
Southern States > Economic conditions > 1918-
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Disturbing Development in the Jim Crow South explores how Black employees within the United States Department of Agriculture re-worked federal mandates and re-imagined federal projects to serve their own collective goals to support Black farmer survival within the Jim Crow South. Domosh focuses on the story of Laura R. Daly, one of the first Black women to be appointed as an agent in the USDA's extension service within the state of Alabama"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations (black and white) ;
ISBN:9780820363554

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