This work recovers the nuances of southern political history by placing black women at its centre. It explores the roles played by gender and race in North Carolina politics from the time before the disenfranchisement of black men in 1900 to when black and white women gained the vote in 1920.
In the first two decades of the 20th century, a diverse array of Americans sought solutions to the social problems caused by industrialization and urbanization. Because they did not recognize themselves as a cohesive group, the description "Progressive" only developed late in the era. It has fallen to historians to define Progressivism and its ...
The civil rights movement of 1950s and 1960s America was the tip of an iceberg; the legal and political remnant of a broad, raucous, deeply American movement for social justice that flourished from the 1920s. In a dramatic narrative, "Defying Dixie" shows how the movement unfolded against national and global developments, gaining focus and ...
White supremacy shaped all aspects of post-Civil War southern life, yet its power was never complete or total. The form of segregation and subjection nicknamed Jim Crow constantly had to remake itself over time even as white southern politicians struggled to extend its grip. Here, some of the most innovative scholars of southern history question ...
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