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A Black congressman in the age of Jim Crow : South Carolina's George Washington Murray / John F. Marszalek ; foreword by John David Smith

Author
Marszalek, John F., 1939-
Published
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2006]
Copyright Date
©2006
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 211 pages).
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Contents
From slavery to public life -- The 1890 election: success and failure -- White Republicans but one Black victory -- Congressman -- The congressman runs for reelection -- Fighting Constitutional disfranchisement -- Reaction to disfranchisement -- Political Nadir -- Economic success and political failure -- On trial -- In Chicago and on tour -- Conclusion -- Appendix: late nineteenth-century South Carolina Republican leaders.
Summary
Through the political biography of George W. Murray, one sees the myriad forces arrayed against southern Republicanism in the late nineteenth century and also witnesses the trials and tribulations one of the major African American political leaders faced in the quest for racial justice in the new South.
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ISBN
9780813037141 (electronic bk.)
081303714X (electronic bk.)
0813030021
9780813030029
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-203) and index.
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