Purgatory between Kentucky and Canada : African Americans in Ohio / edited by Marsha R. Robinson ; contributors Willie J. Harrell, Jr [and seven others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robinson, Marsha R., editor.

Harrell, Willie J., contributor.

Series:

Inverting history with microhistory series ; Volume 3.

Inverting History with Microhistory ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Ohio.

African Americans.

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

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

African Americans--Social networks--Ohio.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Democracy is a multigenerational project, a haven carved out of tyranny by the liberal and diligent application of the sharp-edge of social networks. Purgatory between Kentucky and Canada: African Americans in Ohio presents the work of several scholars who have researched the micro-tactics of ordinary people who attempted to create a little space of peace in a place that was less heavenly than some might suppose. We present histories of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ohio African America...

Contents:

CONTENTS; SERIES PREFACE; SOME SOCIAL NETWORKS USED BY OHIO AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHAPTER ONE - PURGATORY, PROLOGUE, AND DEMOCRACY; CHAPTER TWO - "ALLMEN ARE CREATED FREE AND EQUAL"; CHAPTER THREE - THE LEGACY OF SOLOMON DAY; CHAPTER FOUR - INTO THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS; CHAPTER FIVE - DISENFRANCHISING "DARKIES"; CHAPTER SIX - HEAVENLY UPHEAVAL; CHAPTER SEVEN - RACIAL DESEGREGATION AND DAYTON AREA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS; CHAPTER EIGHT - RADIO FREE CLEVELAND; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 18, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6641-5

OCLC:

890146941