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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785785803321

Autore

Alexander Ann Field <1946->

Titolo

Race man [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of the "fighting editor," John Mitchell, Jr. / / Ann Field Alexander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, c2002

ISBN

1-283-60423-X

0-8139-2439-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

975.5/45100496073/0092

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Soggetti

African Americans

African American political activists

African American politicians - Virginia - Richmond

Newspaper editors - Virginia - Richmond

African American newspapers - Virginia - Richmond - History

African Americans - Civil rights - Virginia - Richmond - History

Civil rights movements - Virginia - Richmond - History

Richmond (Va.) Race relations

Richmond (Va.) Biography

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

The making of a "colored gentleman" -- "Colored teachers for colored schools" -- Founding The planet -- "Lynch law must go!" -- A manly protest -- The politics of Jackson Ward -- "No officers, no fight!" -- Disfranchisement -- "Did God call the pastor?" -- Jim Crow and race pride -- The lure of fraternalism -- "A sane and sensible businessman" -- The perils of prosperity -- Collapse -- Epilogue.