Emancipation Betrayed : the Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920.

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In this penetrating examination of African American politics and culture, Paul Ortiz throws a powerful light on the struggle of black Floridians to create the first statewide civil rights movement against Jim Crow. Concentrating on the period between the end of slavery and the election of 1920, Eman...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ortiz, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Series:American Crossroads ; 16
Subjects:
1800-1999
African Americans > Florida > Politics and government > 19th century.
African Americans > Florida > Politics and government > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Florida > History.
African Americans > Florida > Social conditions.
Racism > Florida > History > 19th century.
Racism > Florida > History > 20th century.
Violence > Florida > History > 19th century.
Violence > Florida > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Floride > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Floride > Conditions sociales.
Racisme > Floride > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Racisme > Floride > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Violence > Floride > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Violence > Floride > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > General.
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Politics and government
African Americans > Social conditions
Politics and government
Race relations
Racism
Violence
Florida > Race relations.
Florida > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
Floride > Relations raciales.
Floride > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1950.
Florida
19th amendment.
19th century american history.
20th century american history.
african american culture.
african american politics.
black floridians.
civil rights movement.
civil war.
election day.
emancipation.
higher wages.
historical memory.
historical.
jim crow era.
kkk.
ku klux klan.
labor unions.
lynching.
mutual aid organizations.
oppression.
politics.
reconstruction.
retrospective.
segregated streetcars.
slavery.
social movements.
strikes.
united states of america.
voter registration drive.
white supremacists.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLES; Preface; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Prologue; THE PROMISE OF RECONSTRUCTION; THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE DEMOCRACY; WE ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE DEVIL; TO GAIN THESE FRUITS THAT HAVE BEEN EARNED; TO SEE THAT NONE SUFFER; LOOKING FOR A FREE STATE TO LIVE IN; ECHOES OF EMANCIPATION; WITH BABIES IN THEIR ARMS; ELECTION DAY, 1920; Conclusion; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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