Freedom's ballot : African American political struggles in Chicago from abolition to the Great Migration / Margaret Garb

Author: Garb, Margaret
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Physical Description: 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Availability

Finding items...

Contents

Introduction. From party to race -- History, memory, and one man's vote -- Setting agendas, demanding rights, and the black press -- Women's rights, the World's Fair, and activists on the national stage -- Challenging urban space, organizing labor -- Virtue, vice, and building the machine -- Representation and "race men" -- Epilogue. Film, history, and the birth of a black political culture.

Subject(s)

African Americans—Illinois—Chicago—Politics and government—19th century
African Americans—Illinois—Chicago—Politics and government—20th century
African Americans—Civil rights—Illinois—Chicago—History—19th century
African Americans—Civil rights—Illinois—Chicago—History—20th century
Chicago (Ill.)—Race relations—Political aspects

ISBN

9780226135908 (cloth : alk. paper)
022613590X (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

View MARC record | catkey: 12746495