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Robert R. Church Jr. and the African American political struggle / Darius J. Young.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, Darius J., author.
- Series:
- Florida scholarship online.
- Florida scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American politicians--Tennessee--Memphis.
- African American politicians.
- African American labor leaders--Tennessee--Memphis.
- African American labor leaders.
- Memphis (Tenn.)--Politics and government--History.
- Memphis (Tenn.).
- Church, Robert Reed, Jr. 1885-1952.
- Church, Robert Reed.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2019.
- Summary:
- This volume highlights the little-known story of Robert R. Church Jr., the most prominent black Republican of the 1920s and 1930s. Tracing Church's crusade to make race an important part of the national political conversation, Darius Young reveals how Church and other black leaders of the period were critical to the early years of the civil rights struggle.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the gentleman from Memphis
- Growing up Church
- Coming of age
- The roving dictator of the Lincoln belt
- We return fighting
- Man of destiny
- Church must go
- Epilogue: the Memphis blues.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 5, 2019).
- Also issued in print: 2019.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-5806-6
- 0-8130-5706-X
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