Grassroots Garveyism [[electronic resource] ] : the Universal Negro Improvement Association in the rural South, 1920-1927 / / Mary G. Rolinson

• Autore: Rolinson Mary G
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.896/073
• Soggetto topico: Black nationalism - Southern States - History - 20th century; African American political activists - Southern States - History - 20th century; African Americans - Southern States - Politics and government - 20th century; African Americans - Race identity - Southern States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States Politics and government 1865-1950; Southern States Race relations History 20th century; Southern States Rural conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-267) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: attachment; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rediscovering Southern Garveyism; 1 Antecedents; 2 Lessons; 3 Growth; 4 Members; 5 Appeal; 6 Transition; Epilogue: Legacy; Appendix A. UNIA Divisions in the Eleven States of the Former Confederacy; Appendix B. Numbers of Southern Members of UNIA Divisions by State; Appendix C. Numbers of Sympathizers Involved in Mass Meetings and Petitions for Garvey's Release from Jail and Prison, 1923-1927; Appendix D. Phases of Organization of UNIA Divisions in the South by State; Appendix E. Ministers as Southern UNIA Officers, 1926-1928 ; Appendix F. Profiles of UNIA Members in Georgia, Arkansas, and Mississippi, 1922-1928, and NAACP Branch Leaders in Georgia, 1917-1920Appendix G. Women Organizers in the UNIA in the South, 1922-1928; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: The black separatist movement led by Marcus Garvey has long been viewed as a phenomenon of African American organization in the urban North. But as Mary Rolinson demonstrates, the largest number of Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) divisions and Garvey's most devoted and loyal followers were found in the southern Black Belt. Tracing the path of organizers from northern cities to Virginia, and then from the Upper to the Deep South, Rolinson remaps the movement to include this vital but overlooked region.Rolinson shows how Garvey's southern constituency sprang from cities, c
• Titolo autorizzato: Grassroots Garveyism
• ISBN: 1-4696-0225-3; 0-8078-7278-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789879103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.