The Road to Jim Crow The African American Struggle on Maryland's Eastern Shore, 18601915

Autorentext

C. Christopher Brown is a retired civil rights attorney and professor at the University of Maryland's Carey School of Law.

Klappentext

Making extensive use of primary sources, C. Christopher Brown has broken new ground and filled a long overlooked gap in Maryland history. Here is the story of African Americans on Maryland's Eastern Shore, from the promise-filled days following the end of slavery to the rise of lynch law, segregation, and systematic efforts at disenfranchisement. Resisting, as best they could, attempts of the Democratic "White Man's Party to render them second-class citizens, black communities rallied to their churches and fought determinedly to properly educate their children and gain a measure of political power. Cambridge, guided by savvy and energetic leaders, became a political and cultural center of African American life.

Zusammenfassung
The Eastern Shore's Cambridge, guided by savvy and energetic leaders, became a political and cultural center of African American life.