The Road to Jim Crow: The African American Struggle on Maryland's Eastern Shore, 1860-1915 Contributor(s): Brown, C. Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0996594418 ISBN-13: 9780996594417 Publisher: Maryland Center for History and Culture OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | African American - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
Dewey: 323.119 |
LCCN: 2016048191 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.4 lbs) 356 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Maryland - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Making extensive use of primary sources, C. Christopher Brown has broken new ground and filled a long overlooked gap in Maryland history. Here is the story of African Americans on Maryland's Eastern Shore, from the promise-filled days following the end of slavery to the rise of lynch law, segregation, and systematic efforts at disenfranchisement. Resisting, as best they could, attempts of the Democratic "White Man's Party" to render them second-class citizens, black communities rallied to their churches and fought determinedly to properly educate their children and gain a measure of political power. The Eastern Shore's Cambridge, guided by savvy and energetic leaders, became a political and cultural center of African American life. |