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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828244903321

Autore

Hudson Janet G. <1959->

Titolo

Entangled by white supremacy : reform in World War I-era South Carolina / / Janet G. Hudson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2009

ISBN

0-8131-3897-3

0-8131-3518-4

1-283-23331-2

9786613233318

0-8131-7303-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

New directions in southern history

Disciplina

305.800975709/04

Soggetti

White supremacy movements - South Carolina - History - 20th century

African Americans - South Carolina - Politics and government - 20th century

White people - South Carolina - Politics and government - 20th century

Social reformers - South Carolina - History - 20th century

World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects - South Carolina

South Carolina Race relations History 20th century

South Carolina Politics and government 1865-1950

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-373) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Black Hope; 2. White Resolve; 3. Mobilization for War; 4. Interracial Cooperation, 1917-1919; 5. Interracial Tension, 1919; 6. The Great Migration; 7. A Reform Coalition; 8. Woman Suffrage; 9. Funding Reform; 10. Taxing Wealth; 11. Financing Educational Reform; 12. Legacy of Reform; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Entangled by White Supremacy: Reform in World War I-era South Carolina, Janet G. Hudson analyzes World War I-era South Carolina, a state whose white minority maintained political power by rigidly enforcing white supremacy over its African American majority. Considering the aspirations and actions of both black and white



reformers, Hudson looks at African American activism, the vigor of white reformers, and the influence of a multifaceted ideology of white supremacy that became a barrier to the region's progress. Detailing African American resistance to white supremacy long before the tra