| Description |
1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
In the spring of 1915, Chicagoans elected the city's first black alderman, Oscar De Priest. 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, De Priest'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. This book presents the history of three generations of African American activists - the ministers, professionals, labour leaders, clubwomen, and entrepreneurs - who transformed twentieth-century urban politics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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African Americans. |
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- Political aspects.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. |
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History. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. |
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African Americans -- Politics and government. |
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Race relations -- Political aspects. |
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Ethnische Beziehungen. |
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Kommunalpolitik. |
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Schwarze. |
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Chicago, Ill. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Garb, Margaret. Freedom's ballot. 9780226135908 022613590X (DLC) 2013039202 |
| ISBN |
022613606X (electronic book) |
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9780226136066 (electronic book) |
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9780226135908 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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022613590X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
40023576846 |
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