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Author Ali, Omar H. (Omar Hamid), author.

Title In the lion's mouth : Black populism in the New South, 1886-1900 / Omar H. Ali ; foreword by Robin D.G. Kelley.

Publication Info. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2010]
Ã2010

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 244 pages)
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Series Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Note "First printing 2010."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Roots and early development -- The Colored Farmers' Alliance -- Establishing the "Negro Party" -- Independent, coalition, and fusion politics -- Collapse and aftermath.
Summary Following the collapse of Reconstruction in 1877, African Americans organized a movementäA?--distinct from the white Populist movementäA?--in the South and parts of the Midwest for economic and political reform: Black Populism. Between 1886 and 1898, tens of thousands of black farmers, sharecroppers, and agrarian workers created their own organizations and tactics primarily under black leadership. As Black Populism grew as a regional force, it met fierce resistance from the Southern Democrats and constituent white planters and local merchants. African Americans carried out a wide range of acti.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Note All rights reserved.
Subject African Americans -- Southern States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Populism -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Kelley, Robin D. G., writer of foreword.
American Council of Learned Societies.
Added Title ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
ISBN 1604737786 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781604737806 (ebook)
1604737808 (ebook)
9781617037153 (paperback)
161703715X (paperback)
9781604737783 hardcover
9781617037153 paperback
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