| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the gentleman from Memphis -- Growing up Church -- Coming of age -- The roving dictator of the Lincoln belt -- We return fighting -- Man of destiny -- Church must go -- Epilogue: the Memphis blues. |
| Summary |
This book examines the life and career of Robert R. Church Jr. who grew up the son of the first black millionaire in Memphis, Tennessee, and would eventually surpass his father's notoriety as the most influential black Republican of his era. In particular this book uses Church's life as a lens into the political activity of African Americans during the first half of the twentieth century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Church, Robert Reed, Jr., 1885-1952.
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Church, Robert Reed, Jr., 1885-1952. |
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Memphis (Tenn.) -- Politics and government -- History.
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African American politicians -- Tennessee -- Memphis.
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African American politicians. |
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Tennessee -- Memphis. |
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African American labor leaders -- Tennessee -- Memphis.
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African American labor leaders. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Young, Darius J. Robert R. Church Jr. and the African American political struggle. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2019 9780813056272 (DLC) 2018029685 (OCoLC)1044866200 |
| ISBN |
9780813057064 (electronic book) |
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081305706X (electronic book) |
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9780813056272 |
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0813056276 |
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