LEADER 03510nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910451956603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8078-7680-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000462063 035 $a(EBL)837900 035 $a(OCoLC)70145176 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000136159 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162429 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136159 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10082333 035 $a(PQKB)10393693 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837900 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837900 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273408 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930398 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000462063 100 $a20041229d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDefining moments$b[electronic resource] $eAfrican American commemoration & political culture in the South, 1863-1913 /$fKathleen Ann Clark 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-5622-3 311 $a0-8078-2957-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271]-294) and index. 327 $aLanguage that cannot be misunderstood : African American commemoration, 1863-1913 -- The vanguard of liberty must look into the past : celebrations of freedom -- A resurrection of manhood : gendered reconstruction -- Has emancipation been a failure? : the end of Reconstruction -- Signs of the times : making progress in the post-Reconstruction South -- Bosoms filled with hope : collective representation in the age of Jim Crow. 330 $aThe historical memory of the Civil War and Reconstruction has earned increasing attention from scholars. Only recently, however, have historians begun to explore African American efforts to interpret those events. With Defining Moments, Kathleen Clark shines new light on African American commemorative traditions in the South, where events such as Emancipation Day and Fourth of July ceremonies served as opportunities for African Americans to assert their own understandings of slavery, the Civil War, and Emancipation--efforts that were vital to the struggles to define, assert, and defend 606 $aAfrican Americans$zSouthern States$xAnniversaries, etc 606 $aSlaves$xEmancipation$zUnited States$xAnniversaries, etc 606 $aAfrican Americans$xHistory$y1863-1877 606 $aAfrican Americans$xHistory$y1877-1964 606 $aAfrican Americans$zSouthern States$xPolitics and government 606 $aPolitical culture$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPolitical culture$zSouthern States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aSouthern States$xPolitics and government$y1865-1950 607 $aSouthern States$xRace relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xAnniversaries, etc. 615 0$aSlaves$xEmancipation$xAnniversaries, etc. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 676 $a975/.00496073 700 $aClark$b Kathleen Ann$0973451 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451956603321 996 $aDefining moments$92214658 997 $aUNINA