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Freedom's ballot : African American political struggles in Chicago from abolition to the Great Migration
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- Creator
- Margaret Garb
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
- ©2014
- Physical Details
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- 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780226136066, 1306639905, 022613590X, 022613606X, 9780226135908
- OCLC
- ocn889518378, ocn861274017
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction. From party to race -- History, memory, and one man's vote -- Setting agendas, demanding rights, and the black press -- Women's rights, the World's Fair, and activists on the national stage -- Challenging urban space, organizing labor -- Virtue, vice, and building the machine -- Representation and "race men" -- Epilogue. Film, history, and the birth of a black political culture -- Appendix 1: African American political leaders, 1870-1920 -- Appendix 2: Election results for mayoral and aldermanic candidates in the First, Second, and Third Wards, 1900-1920
Subjects
- African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
- African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- Political aspects.