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River of hope [electronic resource] : Black politics and the Memphis freedom movement, 1865-1954 / Elizabeth Gritter.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm.)ISBN:
  • 9780813144757
  • 0813144752
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 323.1196/0730768190904 23
LOC classification:
  • F444.M59 N486 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
"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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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.

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