Life in a Black community : striving for equal citizenship in Annapolis, Maryland, 1902-1952 / Hannah Jopling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jopling, Hannah, 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Maryland--Annapolis--Politics and government--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--Maryland--Annapolis--History--20th century.

African Americans--Maryland--Annapolis--Social conditions--20th century.

Racism--Maryland--Annapolis--History--20th century.

Racism.

History.

Social conditions.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Politics and government.

Annapolis (Md.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Annapolis (Md.).

Annapolis (Md.)--Social conditions--20th century.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Race relations.

Maryland--Annapolis.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxix, 351 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London: Lexington Books, [2015]

Summary:

Life in a Black Community: Striving for Equal Citizenship in Annapolis, Maryland, 1902-1952 tells the story of a struggle over what it meant to be a citizen of a democracy. For blacks, membership in a democracy meant full and equal participation in the life of the town. For most whites, it meant the full participation of only its white citizens, based on the presumption that their black neighbors were less than equal citizens and had to be kept down. All the dramas of the Jim Crow era-lynching, the Ku Klux Klan, and disenfranchisement, but also black boycotts, petitioning for redress of grievances, lawsuits, and political activism-occurred in Annapolis. As they were challenging white prejudice and discrimination, tenacious black citizens advanced themselves and enriched their own world of churches, shops, clubs, and bars. It took grit for black families to survive. As they pressed on, life slowly improved-for some. Life in a Black Community recounts the tactics blacks used to gain equal rights, details the methods whites employed to deny or curtail their rights, and explores a range of survival and advancement strategies used by black families. Book jacket.

Contents:

I 1

1 Encounter, A Baseball Game, 1902 3

2 Bird's-Eye View, 1902-1905 9

3 Struggles, 1902-1905 19

4 Own Worlds, 1902-1905 35

II 51

5 Encounter, A Hanging, 1917-1919 53

6 Bird's-Eye View, 1905-1919 77

7 Struggles, 1905-1919 87

8 Own Worlds, 1905-1919 109

III 127

9 Encounter, A Lawsuit, 1938-1940 129

10 Bird's-Eye View, 1919-1940 145

11 Struggles, 1919-1940 159

12 Own Worlds, 1919-1940 183

IV 203

13 An Encounter, A Parade, 1949 205

14 Bird's-Eye View, 1940-1949 213

15 Struggles, 1940-1949 225

16 Own Worlds, 1940-1949 251

V 267

17 Encounter, A Demolition, 1952 269

18 Bird's-Eye View, 1949-1952 277

19 Struggles, 1949-1952 285

20 Own Worlds, 1949-1952 303

21 Conclusion 319.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739183458

0739183451

OCLC:

907204968