1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457075603321

Autore

Davis Hugh <1941->

Titolo

We will be satisfied with nothing less [[electronic resource] ] : the African American struggle for equal rights in the North during Reconstruction / / Hugh Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, N.Y., : Cornell University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8014-6365-3

0-8014-6364-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Disciplina

973.8

Soggetti

African Americans - History - 1863-1877

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 19th century

Equality before the law - United States - History - 19th century

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Launching the Equal Rights Movement -- 2. Toward the Fifteenth Amendment -- 3. The Crusade for Equal Access to Public Schools, 1864-1870 -- 4. The Equal Rights Struggle in the 1870's -- 5. The Republican Retreat from Reconstruction -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Historians have focused almost entirely on the attempt by southern African Americans to attain equal rights during Reconstruction. However, the northern states also witnessed a significant period of struggle during these years. Northern blacks vigorously protested laws establishing inequality in education, public accommodations, and political life and challenged the Republican Party to live up to its stated ideals. In "We Will Be Satisfied With Nothing Less", Hugh Davis concentrates on the two issues that African Americans in the North considered most essential: black male suffrage rights and equal access to the public schools. Davis connects the local and the national; he joins the specifics of campaigns in places such as Cincinnati, Detroit,



and San Francisco with the work of the National Equal Rights League and its successor, the National Executive Committee of Colored Persons. The narrative moves forward from their launching of the equal rights movement in 1864 to the "end" of Reconstruction in the North two decades later. The struggle to gain male suffrage rights was the centerpiece of the movement's agenda in the 1860's, while the school issue remained a major objective throughout the period. Following the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870, northern blacks devoted considerable attention to assessing their place within the Republican Party and determining how they could most effectively employ the franchise to protect the rights of all citizens.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910691928503321

Titolo

[Meeting] [[electronic resource] ] : Monday, June 11, 2001 held at the Willard Inter-Continental Hotel, Washington, DC / / President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security, , [2001]

Soggetti

Social security - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on June 16, 2003).

"June 11, 2001."

Includes index.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793300303321

Autore

Keen Karen R. <1973->

Titolo

Scripture, ethics, and the possibility of same-sex relationships / / Karen R. Keen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Grand Rapids, Michigan : , : WM. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, , 2018

ISBN

1-4674-5133-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (100 pages)

Disciplina

261.8/35766

Soggetti

Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The church's response to the gay and lesbian community: a brief history -- Same-sex relations in ancient Jewish and Christian thought -- Key arguments in today's debate on same-sex relationships -- Fifty shekels for rape? Making sense of Old Testament laws -- What is ethical? Interpreting the Bible like Jesus -- The question of celibacy for gay and lesbian people -- Is it Adam's fault? Why the origin of same-sex attraction matters -- Imagining a new response to the gay and lesbian community.