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University of North Carolina Press Jim Crow Capital: Women and Black Freedom Struggles in Washington, D.C., 1920–1945

Name: Jim Crow Capital: Women and Black Freedom Struggles in Washington, D.C., 1920-1945
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Review Jim Crow Capital is a welcome addition to a growing body of literature on the black freedom movement and black Washington's lives and labors in the early twentieth century. Murphy's well-researched book reaffirms and expands our knowledge of the sacrifices, ingenuity, and activism of African American women who paved the way and shaped the second Reconstruction.--Journal of Southern HistoryIn Jim Crow Capital, Murphy fuses social history's fine-grained examinations with political history's grand narratives. . . . Murphy's careful mining of archival sources and black newspapers reveal the sometimes-surprising lobbying work of black women activists and their innovative direct-action strategies.--Journal of Interdisciplinary History Product Description 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 aftermath of this process, memories of voting and citizenship rights inspired a new generation of Washingtonians to restore local government in their city and lay the foundation for black equality across the nation. And women were at the forefront of this effort.Here Mary-Elizabeth B. Murphy tells the story of how African American women in D.C. transformed civil rights politics in their freedom struggles between 1920 and 1945. Even though no resident of the nation's capital could vote, black women seized on their conspicuous location to testify in Congress, lobby politicians, and stage protests to secure racial justice, both in Washington and across the nation. Women crafted a broad vision of citizenship rights that put economic justice, physical safety, and legal equality at the forefront of their political campaigns. Black women's civil rights tactics and victories in Washington, D.C., shaped the national postwar black freedom struggle in ways that still resonate today. About the Author Mary-Elizabeth B. Murphy is assistant professor of hstory at Eastern Michigan University.

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Brand: University of North Carolina Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1469646714
Category: Books > Subjects > History > World History > Women in History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 November 2018
Listed Since: 17 March 2018

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