TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gritter,Elizabeth
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - River of hope: Black politics and the Memphis freedom movement, 1865-1954 
T2  - Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century
SN  - 9780813144757
AV  - F444.M59 N486 2014
U1  - 323.1196/0730768190904 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Lexington, Kentucky
PB  - University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Civil rights movements
KW  - Tennessee
KW  - Memphis
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Memphis (Tenn.)
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; "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
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813144757/
ER  -