African Americans on the Great Plains

An Anthology
Herausgeber: Glasrud, Bruce A; Braithwaite, Charles A

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Produktbeschreibung

Bruce A. Glasrud is a professor emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay, and a retired dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Sul Ross State University. He is the editor of numerous works, including¿(with Merline Pitre) Black Women in Texas History. ¿ Charles A. Braithwaite is the editor of Great Plains Quarterly, and a University of Nebraska¿Lincoln graduate fellow in the Department of Communication Studies and director of the Global Classroom Project. ¿ Contributors: Shawn Leigh Alexander, Richard M. Breaux, Thomas R. Buecker, Bruce A. Glasrud, Joseph V. Hickey, Tom Jack, Michael K. Johnson, James N. Leiker, Clare V. McKanna Jr., Dennis N. Mihelich, Marc Rice, R. Bruce Shepard, Audrey Thompson, Jean Van Delinder, and Ronald Walters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780803226678
• ISBN-10: 0803226675
• Artikelnr.: 26407512

Autorenporträt

Bruce A. Glasrud is a professor emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay, and a retired dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Sul Ross State University. He is the editor of numerous works, including (with Merline Pitre) Black Women in Texas History.   Charles A. Braithwaite is the editor of Great Plains Quarterly, and a University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate fellow in the Department of Communication Studies and director of the Global Classroom Project.   Contributors: Shawn Leigh Alexander, Richard M. Breaux, Thomas R. Buecker, Bruce A. Glasrud, Joseph V. Hickey, Tom Jack, Michael K. Johnson, James N. Leiker, Clare V. McKanna Jr., Dennis N. Mihelich, Marc Rice, R. Bruce Shepard, Audrey Thompson, Jean Van Delinder, and Ronald Walters.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction:
African Americans on the Great Plains (Bruce A. Glasrud and Charles A.
Braithwaite)
 
Articles:
Black Soldiers at Fort Hays, Kansas, 1867-1869: A Study in Civilian and
Military Violence (James N. Leiker)
"Pap" Singleton's Dunlap Colony Relief Agencies and the Failure of a Black
Settlement in Eastern Kansas (Joseph V. Hickey)
Vengeance without Justice, Injustice without Retribution: The Afro-American
Council's Struggle against Racial Violence (Shawn Leigh Alexander)
Prelude to Brownsville: The Twenty-fifth Infantry at Fort Niobrara,
Nebraska, 1902-06 (Thomas R. Buecker)
Black Enclaves of Violence: Race and Homicide in Great Plains Cities,
1890-1920 (Clare V. McKanna, Jr.)
A Socioeconomic Portrait of Prince Hall Masonry in Nebraska, 1900-1920
(Dennis N. Mihelich)
Diplomatic Racism: Canadian Government and Black Migration from Oklahoma,
1905-1912 (R. Bruce Shepard)
"This Strange White World": Race and Place in Era Bell Thompson's American
Daughter (Michael K. Johnson)
The New Negro Arts and Letters Movement Among Black University Students in
the Midwest, 1914-1940 (Richard M. Breaux)
Great Plains Pragmatist: Aaron Douglas and the Art of Social Protest
(Audrey Thompson)
Frompin' in the Great Plains: Listening and Dancing to the Jazz Orchestras
of Alphonso Trent, 1925-44 (Marc Rice)
Early Civil Rights Activism in Topeka, Kansas, Prior to the 1954 Brown Case
(Jean Van Delinder)
The Great Plains Sit-In Movement, 1958-1960 (Ronald Walters)
The Omaha Gospel Complex in Historical Perspective (Tom Jack)
 
Bibliography:
African Americans on the Great Plains: Selected Bibliography (Bruce A.
Glasrud)