Race over party : black politics and partisanship in late nineteenth-century Boston / Millington W. Bergeson-Lockwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bergeson-Lockwood, Millington W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Massachusetts--Boston--History--19th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Political activity--Massachusetts--Boston.

Partisanship.

Political parties--Massachusetts--Boston--History--19th century.

Political parties.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Massachusetts--Boston.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

History.

Political participation.

Massachusetts--Boston.

Physical Description:

249 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

Contents:

An atmosphere more liberal, although by no means unbiased : black Boston in the late nineteenth century

No peace until the suffrage question is settled : black politics in the age of Reconstruction

Vote, that the work might be finished : black electoral politics and the presidential election of 1872

You will find the colored voters on the Butler ship this fall : urban politics and conflicts over African American partisanship

A recognized and respected part of the body politic : Grover Cleveland and pursuit of patronage

For Ireland's cause : black and Irish political coalition building

Let us grow strong by organization and earnest cooperation : anti-lynching and independent politics in an era of mass organizing

Faithfulness to the race will prove to most of us the graveyard of our hopes and aspirations : the tragedy of black partisanship and search for solidarity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469640402

1469640406

9781469640419

1469640414

OCLC:

1004530442