Rough Tactics: Black Performance in Political Spectacles, 1877-1932

by Mark A. Johnson

Book Overview

In Rough Tactics: Black Performance in Political Spectacles, 1877-1932, author Mark A. Johnson examines three notable cases of Black participation in the spectacles of politics: the 1885-1898 local-option prohibition contests of Atlanta and Macon, Georgia; the United Confederate Veterans conflict with the Musicians' Union prior to the 1903 UCV Reunion in New Orleans; and the 1909 Memphis mayoral election featuring Edward Hull Crump and W. C...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496832833
• ISBN13: 9781496832832
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"