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Freedom's Ballot: African American Political Struggles in Chicago from Abolition to the Great Migration
Margaret Garb
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Description for Freedom's Ballot: African American Political Struggles in Chicago from Abolition to the Great Migration
Hardcover. In the spring of 1915, Chicagoans elected the city's first black alderman, Oscar DePriest. This book tells the history of three generations of African American activists - the ministers, professionals, labor leaders, clubwomen, and entrepreneurs - who transformed twentieth-century urban politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
In the spring of 1915, Chicagoans elected the city's first black alderman, Oscar DePriest. In a city where African Americans made up less than five percent of the voting population, and in a nation that dismissed and denied black political participation, DePriest's victory was astonishing. It did not, however, surprise the unruly group of black activists who had been working for several decades to win representation on the city council. Freedom's Ballot is the history of three generations of African American activists - the ministers, professionals, labor leaders, clubwomen, and entrepreneurs - who transformed twentieth-century urban politics. This is a ... Read more
In the spring of 1915, Chicagoans elected the city's first black alderman, Oscar DePriest. In a city where African Americans made up less than five percent of the voting population, and in a nation that dismissed and denied black political participation, DePriest's victory was astonishing. It did not, however, surprise the unruly group of black activists who had been working for several decades to win representation on the city council. Freedom's Ballot is the history of three generations of African American activists - the ministers, professionals, labor leaders, clubwomen, and entrepreneurs - who transformed twentieth-century urban politics. This is a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226135908
SKU
V9780226135908
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About Margaret Garb
Margaret Garb is associate professor of history at Washington University in St. Louis.
Reviews for Freedom's Ballot: African American Political Struggles in Chicago from Abolition to the Great Migration
"In this fascinating and original study, Garb traces the rise of black politics in Chicago from its mid-nineteenth-century origins to the early twentieth century. The book is a signal contribution to our understanding of the long civil rights movement on northern soil." (Eric Foner, Columbia University)"