Defying disfranchisement : Black voting rights activism in the Jim Crow South, 1890-1908

Defying disfranchisement : Black voting rights activism in the Jim Crow South, 1890-1908 / R. Volney Riser.

Author/creator	Riser, R. Volney
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baton Rouge, La. : Louisiana State University Press, ©2010.
Description	[ix], 326 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	African Americans--Suffrage --Southern States. Voter registration--Southern States. African American political activists. African Americans--Civil rights --Southern States --History --19th century. African Americans--Civil rights --Southern States --History --20th century. Southern States--Politics and government --1865-1950.

Contents	Prologue : April 27, 1903 -- We must either fight or submit : phase one begins -- If thine eye be evil : the road to Williams v. Mississippi -- The grandfather clause : phase two begins -- Negroes have organized : Alabama's disfranchisers, Black activists, and the courts -- An appeal to the colored citizens of Alabama : registration and resistance -- The enemies' works : the Alabama cases begin -- Swords and torches : the Virginians enter the fray -- The second Dred Scott case : Giles v. Harris is decided -- The banner Negroes : fighting to the end.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2009048364
ISBN	9780807136386 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807136387 (hbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	JK1929.A2 R57 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold