Jim Crow capital : women and black freedom struggles in Washington, D.C., 1920-1945

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The work Jim Crow capital : women and black freedom struggles in Washington, D.C., 1920-1945 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Jim Crow capital : women and black freedom struggles in Washington, D.C., 1920-1945

Title remainder

women and black freedom struggles in Washington, D.C., 1920-1945

Statement of responsibility

Mary-Elizabeth B. Murphy

Creator

• Murphy, Mary-Elizabeth B

Author

• Murphy, Mary-Elizabeth B

Subject

• African American women political activists -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
• African Americans -- Civil rights
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century
• African Americans -- Segregation
• African Americans -- Segregation | History -- 20th century
• Electronic books
• HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
• History
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Civil Rights
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Human Rights
• Race relations
• Washington (D.C.)
• Washington (D.C.) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
• 1900-1999
• African American women political activists

Genre

• History
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

"Local policy in the nation's capital has always influenced national politics. During Reconstruction, black Washingtonians were first to exercise their new franchise. But when congressmen abolished local governance in the 1870s, they set the precedent for southern disfranchisement. In the aftermath of this process, memories of voting and citizenship rights inspired a new generation of Washingtonians to restore local government in their city and lay the foundation for black equality across the nation. And women were at the forefront of this effort. Here Mary-Elizabeth B. Murphy tells the story of how African American women in D.C. transformed civil rights politics in their freedom struggles between 1920 and 1945. Even though no resident of the nation's capital could vote, black women seized on their conspicuous location to testify in Congress, lobby politicians, and stage protests to secure racial justice, both in Washington and across the nation. Women crafted a broad vision of citizenship rights that put economic justice, physical safety, and legal equality at the forefront of their political campaigns. Black women's civil rights tactics and victories in Washington, D.C., shaped the national postwar black freedom struggle in ways that still resonate today"--Publisher's description

Member of

• North Carolina scholarship online

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

323.1196/07307530904

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

E185.86

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

North Carolina scholarship online