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Author Upchurch, Thomas Adams.

Title Legislating racism : the billion dollar congress and the birth of Jim Crow / Thomas Adams Upchurch.

Publication Info. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2004]
©2004

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  E185.61 .U63 2004    Available  ---
Description xiv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-286) and index.
Contents The grand old party faces the grand old problem -- To empty a running stream : the U.S. Senate considers the Butler Emigration Bill -- To drain the infinite oceans : the swan song of the once-great Blair Education Bill -- Charting new waters : the race problem and the "Reed rules" in the House of Representatives -- The very insanity of democracy : the Federal Elections Bill and the return to reconstruction in the House of Representatives -- Judging the insanity : public reactions to the inflammatory "Force Bill" and the tyranny of the majority -- The stormy and turbulent sea of democratic freedom : the Senate's epic struggle for control of the nation's racial destiny -- Showdown on Capitol Hill : the filibuster, the cloture rule, and the defeat of the Federal Elections Bill -- Silver, sectionalism, Sioux Indians, and sinophobia : why many westerners opposed the Federal Elections Bill -- The "peculiar situation" of African Americans and ethnic minorities in the United States : how racism became fashionable in the 1890s -- Assessing the billion dollar Congress and its effects on American history and race relations.
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Minorities -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Minorities -- Civil rights.
United States.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
United States. Congress (51st, 1st session : 1889-1890)
United States. Congress.
United States. Congress (51st, 2nd session : 1890-1891)
Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Racism -- Political aspects.
United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects.
Race relations.
Racism.
ISBN 0813123119 acid-free paper