Jim Crow capital : women and black freedom struggles in Washington, D.C., 1920-1945 /

Jim Crow capital : women and black freedom struggles in Washington, D.C., 1920-1945 / Mary-Elizabeth B. Murphy.

"Local policy in the nation's capital has always influenced national politics. During Reconstruction, black Washingtonians were first to exercise their new franchise. But when congressmen abolished local governance in the 1870s, they set the precedent for southern disfranchisement. In the...

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Main Author: Murphy, Mary-Elizabeth B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
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African American women political activists > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
African American women political activists.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Segregation.
Race relations.
Washington (D.C.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Washington (D.C.)
History.

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