Gin, Jesus, and Jim Crow: Prohibition and the Transformation of Racial and Religious Politics in the South

(Part of the Making the Modern South Series)

by Brendan J. J. Payne

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In Gin, Jesus, and Jim Crow, Brendan J. J. Payne reveals how prohibition helped realign the racial and religious order in the South by linking restrictions on alcohol with political preaching and the disfranchisement of Black voters. While both sides invoked Christianity, prohibitionists redefined churches? doctrines, practices, and political engagement. White prohibitionists initially courted Black voters in the 1880s but soon dismissed them as hopelessly...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0807171484

ISBN13:9780807171486

Release Date:April 2022

Publisher:LSU Press

Length:290 Pages

Weight:1.31 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

History Religion Religion & Spirituality

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Gin, Jesus, and Jim Crow: Prohibition and the Transformation of Racial and Religious Politics in the South

(Part of the Making the Modern South Series)

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