Life Behind a Veil: Blacks in Louisville, Kentucky, 1865-1930
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In the period between the Civil War and the Great Depression, Louisville, Kentucky, was host to what George C. Wright calls "a polite form of racism." There wre no lynchings or race riots, and to a great extent, Louisville blacks escaped the harsh violence that was a fact of life for blacks in the Deep South. Furthermore, black Louisvillians consistently enjoyed and exercised an oft-contested but never effectively retracted enfranchisement. However,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807130567
ISBN13:9780807130568
Release Date:September 2004
Publisher:LSU Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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