New Negro politics in the Jim Crow South / Claudrena N. Harold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harold, Claudrena N., author.

Series:

Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Southern States--Politics and government--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Race identity--Southern States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Black nationalism.

History.

Labor movement.

African Americans--Race identity.

Politics and government.

Southern States.

Labor movement--Southern States--History--20th century.

Black nationalism--Southern States--History--20th century.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century.

Race relations.

Southern States--Politics and government--1865-1950.

African Americans--Politics and government.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

177 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

Athens, GA : The University of Georgia Press, [2016]

Summary:

""New Negro Politics in the Jim Crow South" narrates the story of New Negro political culture from the perspective of the black South. It details how the development and maturation of New Negro politics and thought was shaped not only by New York-based intellectuals and revolutionary transformations in Europe, but also by people, ideas, and organizations rooted in the South. Harold's aim is not to devalue the importance of the North or Europe during this period of black political and cultural renaissance. Instead, her probe into some of the critical events and developments below the Mason-Dixon-Line sharpen our vision of how many black activists, along with particular segments of the white American Left, arrived at certain theoretical conclusions and political choices regarding the politics of race, challenges to capitalist political economy, and alternative visions of nation. The book considers southern black political movements during a period dominated by the study of the urban North (and specifically the Harlem Renaissance). Focusing on Garveyites, A. Philip Randolph's militant unionists, and black anti-imperialist protest groups, among others, Harold argues that the South was a largely overlooked "incubator of black protest activity" between World War I and the Great Depression."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The hour has come

Now comes the test

Making way for democracy

On the firing line

The South will be invaded

New Negro Southerners

Stormy weather

Epilogue. in the whirlwind.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Harold, Claudrena N., author. New Negro politics in the Jim Crow South.

ISBN:

9780820335124

0820335126

OCLC:

940795126