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Right to ride : streetcar boycotts and African American citizenship in the era of Plessy v. Ferguson / Blair L. M. Kelley.
Van Pelt Library E185.61 .K355 2010
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LIBRA E185.61 .K355 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelley, Blair Murphy, 1973-
- Series:
- John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
- The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--History.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- History.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History.
- Civil rights movements.
- Segregation in transportation--United States--History.
- Segregation in transportation.
- Boycotts--United States--History.
- Boycotts.
- United States--Race relations--History.
- United States.
- Race relations.
- New Orleans (La.)--Race relations--History.
- New Orleans (La.).
- Richmond (Va.)--Race relations--History.
- Richmond (Va.).
- Savannah (Ga.)--Race relations--History.
- Savannah (Ga.).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- New York : the Antebellum roots of segregation and dissent
- The color line and the ladies' car : segregation on southern rails before Plessy
- Our people, our problem? : Plessy and the divided New Orleans
- Where are our friends? : crumbling alliances and New Orleans streetcar boycott
- Who's to blame? : Maggie Lena Walker, John Mitchell Jr., and the great class debate
- Negroes everywhere are walking : work, women, and the Richmond streetcar boycott
- Battling Jim Crow's buzzards : betrayal and the Savannah streetcar boycott
- Bend with unabated protest: on the meaning of failure
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807833544
- 0807833541
- 9780807871010
- 080787101X
- OCLC:
- 441211702
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