Jim Crow capital : women and black freedom struggles in Washington, D.C., 1920-1945 /

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"Local policy in the nation's capital has always influenced national politics. During Reconstruction, black Washingtonians were first to exercise their new franchise. But when congressmen abolished local governance in the 1870s, they set the precedent for southern disfranchisement. In the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Murphy, Mary-Elizabeth B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Series:North Carolina scholarship online.
Subjects:
1900-1999
African American women political activists > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Femmes activistes noires américaines > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Ségrégation > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
African American women political activists
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Segregation
Race relations
Washington (D.C.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Washington (D.C.)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The women will be factors in the present campaign : women's national politics in the 1920s
  • The eyes of the world are upon us : the politics of lynching
  • Make Washington safe for negro womanhood : the politics of police brutality
  • Women riot for jobs : the politics of economic justice
  • Washington needs the vote : women's campaigns for civil rights in the 1930s
  • Jim Crow must go : civil rights struggles during World War II.

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