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Keeping the Faith: Race, Politics, and Social Development in Jacksonville, Florida, 1940-1970: Contributions in American History

Autor Abel A. Bartley
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 apr 2000 – vârsta până la 17 ani
An examination of the political and economic power of a large African American community in a segregated southern city; this study attacks the myth that blacks were passive victims of the southern Jim Crow system and reveals instead that in Jacksonville, Florida, blacks used political and economic pressure to improve their situation and force politicians to make moderate adjustments in the Jim Crow system. Bartley tells the compelling story of how African Americans first gained, then lost, then regained political representation in Jacksonville. Between the end of the Civil War and the consolidation of city and county government in 1967, the political struggle was buffeted by the ongoing effort to build an economically viable African American economy in the virulently racist South. It was the institutional complexity of the African American community that ultimately made the protest efforts viable.Black leaders relied on the institutions created during Reconstruction to buttress their social agitation. Black churches, schools, fraternal organizations, and businesses underpinned the civil rights activities of community leaders by supplying the people and the evidence of abuse that inflamed the passions of ordinary people. The sixty-year struggle to break down the door blocking political power serves as an intriguing backdrop to community development efforts. Jacksonville's African American community never accepted their second-class status. From the beginning of their subjugation, they fought to remedy the situation by continuing to vote and run for offices while they developed their economic and social institutions.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313310355
ISBN-10: 0313310351
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria Contributions in American History

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

ABEL A. BARTLEY is professor of African American and Urban History at the University of Akron./e He is a specialist on southern African American political activism, and he has authored several articles on urban and African American historical topics.

Cuprins

PrefaceIntroductionWhen Days Were Dark: Jacksonville's African-American Community From the Civil War through 1945The First African-American Strides Towards Political PowerThe African-American Community: The Dynamics of Machine Politics in the Modern AgeHaydon Burns and the African-American Community: The Dynamics of Machine Politics in the Modern AgeReading, Writing, and Racism: The Fight to Desegregate the Duval County School SystemThe 1960 and 1964 Jacksonville Riots: The Difficult YearsOur Time Has Come: The Impact of African-America Voting on the 1967 Local ElectionsJacksonville Duval and County Consolidation: A Trick or TreatRace Still Matters: A Look at the Bold New City of the SouthBibliographyIndex