Jim Crow Capital: Women and Black Freedom Struggles in Washington, D.C., 1920-1945

by Mary-Elizabeth B. Murphy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469646714
• ISBN13: 9781469646718
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"