A Refugee from His Race Albion W. Tourgée and His Fight against White Supremacy / Carolyn L. Karcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karcher, Carolyn L., 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

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

African Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Political activists--United States--Biography.

Political activists.

United States--Race relations--History--19th century.

United States.

National Citizens' Rights Association (U.S.).

Tourgee, Albion W., 1838-1905.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When white supremacy was entrenching itself throughout the US, the white writer-jurist-activist Albion W. Tourgee (1838-1905) forged an extraordinary alliance with African Americans. He collaborated closely with African Americans in founding an interracial civil rights organisation, in campaigning against lynching, and in challenging the ideology of segregation. Here, Carolyn L. Karcher provides the first in-depth account of this collaboration.

Contents:

A straight-talking advocate

Passing for black in Pactolus Prime

The bystander

The National Citizens' Rights Association

Campaigning against lynching with Ida B. Wells and Harry C. Smith

Representing people of color and challenging Jim Crow in the Plessy case

The view from abroad.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908502-7-0

979-88-908502-8-7

1-4696-2797-3

OCLC:

939598165