The Way It Was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia - Brossura

Grant, Donald L.

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ISBN 10: 0820323292 ISBN 13: 9780820323299

Casa editrice: Univ of Georgia Pr, 2001

Riassunto

Chronicles the black experience in Georgia from the early 1500s to the present, exploring the contradictions of life in a state that was home to both the KKK and the civil rights movement.

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L'autore:

Donald L. Grant (1919-1988) was a professor of history at Fort Valley State College. He is the author of The Anti-Lynching Movement, 1883-1932 and of many articles on black history. Jonathan Grant, the author's son, is a writer and editor living in Georgia.

Product Description:

The Way It Was in the South is the only book-length treatment of the African American presence in a single state. From the legalization of slavery in the Georgia Colony in 1751 through debates that preceded the Confederate emblem's removal from the state's now defunct flag, it chronicles the stunning record of black Georgians' innovation, persistence, and triumph in the face of adversity and oppression.

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• Editore: Univ of Georgia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0820323292
• ISBN 13: 9780820323299
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 640
• Redattore: Grant Jonathan