Blacks in Topeka Kansas, 1865-1915: A Social History

by Thomas C. Cox

Tracing the development of a black community in the trans-Mississippi West, Blacks in Topeka, Kansas, 1865--1915 is a thorough, insightful examination of an area of black history that has received, at best, scant attention. Thomas C. Cox probes in this study the political, social, and economic standing of blacks and the growth of black institutions in the Topeka area from early settlement during the territorial period through the rise of an urban...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807124222
• ISBN13: 9780807124222
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"