River of Hope : Black Politics and the Memphis Freedom Movement, 1865-1954 /

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One of the largest Southern cities and a hub for the cotton industry, Memphis, Tennessee, was at the forefront of Black political empowerment during the Jim Crow era. Compared to other cities in the South, Memphis had an unusually large number of African American voters. Black Memphians sought refor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gritter, Elizabeth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Race relations.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Politics and government.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Tennessee > Memphis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Tennessee > Memphis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Tennessee > Memphis > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siecle.
Civil rights movements > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > Politics and government > 20th century.
Tennessee > Memphis.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "To regain the lost rights of a growing race": Black political mobilization from 1865 to 1916
  • "The fight ... to make America safe for Americans": Memphis as a political model for the region and the country, 1917-1927
  • "Come ... and see what a Negro Democrat looks like": the diversity of Black political activity from 1928 to 1939
  • "As un-American as any dictator-ridden country in Europe": seeking democracy during the war years, 1940-1945
  • "A new day breaking" in the city and the south: the decline of the Crump machine and the rise of new leadership, 1946-1954
  • Conclusion.

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