Life Behind a Veil: Blacks in Louisville, Kentucky, 1865-1930

by George C. Wright

Book Overview

In the period between the Civil War and the Great Depression, Louisville, Kentucky, was host to what George C. Wright calls "a polite form of racism." There wre no lynchings or race riots, and to a great extent, Louisville blacks escaped the harsh violence that was a fact of life for blacks in the Deep South. Furthermore, black Louisvillians consistently enjoyed and exercised an oft-contested but never effectively retracted enfranchisement. However,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807130567
• ISBN13: 9780807130568
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"