William D Green

Degrees of Freedom

The Origins of Civil Rights in Minnesota, 1865-1912

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Spanning the half-century after the Civil War, Degrees of Freedom draws a rare picture of black experience in a northern state and of the nature of black discontent and action within a predominantly white, ostensibly progressive society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781517909338
• ISBN-10: 1517909333
• Artikelnr.: 58015553

Autorenporträt

William D. Green, professor of history at Augsburg College, is the author of A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Minnesota, 1837-1869.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface 
Part I. The Barbers 
1. When America Came to St. Paul 
2. Maurice Jernigan Takes a Stand
3. On Becoming a Good Republican
4. The Sons of Freedom
Part II. The Entrepreneurs
5. Mr. Douglass and the Civilizable Characteristics of the Colored Race
6. Senate Bill No. 181
7. A Certain Class of Citizens
8. Professor Washington, Leader of the Race
9. The Renaissance of the Cake Walk
Part III. The Radicals
10. Wheaton and McGhee: A Tale of Two Leaders
11. The Election of J. Frank Wheaton
12. A Call to Action
13. A Defining Moment for McGhee
14. After St. Paul, Niagara
15. The Legacy
Epilogue: Time for a Different Tone of Advocacy
Notes
Index