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The road to Jim Crow : the African American struggle on Maryland's Eastern Shore, 1860-1915
- Title
- The road to Jim Crow : the African American struggle on Maryland's Eastern Shore, 1860-1915 / C. Christopher Brown.
- Author
- Brown, C. Christopher
- Publication
- Baltimore : Maryland Historical Society, 2016.
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- xi, 384 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- "An account of the African American struggle for equality of political and civil rights from the end of the Civil War to World War I. Although that struggle failed by the early twentieth century, a number of individuals managed to prosper and determinedly lead the struggle."--Provided by publisher.
- "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." -- Publisher's description
- Alternative Title
- African American struggle on Maryland's Eastern Shore, 1860-1915
- Subject
- 1865-1950
- African Americans > Segregation > History. > Maryland
- African Americans > Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) > History
- African Americans > Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) > Politics and government
- Civil rights movements > Maryland > History
- African Americans
- African Americans > Politics and government
- African Americans > Segregation
- Civil rights movements
- Politics and government
- Race relations
- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) > Race relations
- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) > Politics and government
- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) > History
- Maryland > Politics and government > 1865-1950
- Maryland > Race relations
- Maryland
- United States > Eastern Shore
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- "A land apart" -- The end of slavery -- A new era -- The Fifteenth Amendment comes to Maryland -- New voices in politics -- "The more money you make, the whiter your skin will be" -- "We here demand of the Anglo Saxon equal rights" -- Judge Lynch arrives on the Eastern Shore -- Segregation and disfranchisement -- Life with Jim Crow -- Jim Crow politics -- Cambridge--a city unto itself -- In retrospect.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-1387
- ISBN
- 9780996594417
- 0996594418
- LCCN
- 2016048191
- OCLC
- 964065650
- Author
- Brown, C. Christopher, author.
- Title
- The road to Jim Crow : the African American struggle on Maryland's Eastern Shore, 1860-1915 / C. Christopher Brown.
- Publisher
- Baltimore : Maryland Historical Society, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1865-1950
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-1387