African Americans in Memphis
eBook - ePub

African Americans in Memphis

  1. 128 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

African Americans in Memphis

About this book

Memphis has been an important city for African Americans in the South since the Civil War. They migrated from within Tennessee and from surrounding states to the urban crossroads in large numbers after emancipation, seeking freedom from the oppressive race relations of the rural South. Images of America: African Americans in Memphis chronicles this regional experience from the 19th century to the 1950s. Historic black Memphians were railroad men, bricklayers, chauffeurs, dressmakers, headwaiters, and beauticians, as well as businessmen, teachers, principals, barbers, preachers, musicians, nurses, doctors, Republican leaders, and Pullman car porters. During the Jim Crow era, they established social, political, economic, and educational institutions that sustained their communities in one of the most rigidly segregated cities in America. The dynamic growth and change of the postWorld War II South set the stage for a new, authentic, black urban culture defined by Memphis gospel, blues, and rhythm and blues music; black radio; black newspapers; and religious pageants.

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Yes, you can access African Americans in Memphis by Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Table of Contents
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. One - MEMPHIS PIONEERS
  8. Two - MEMPHIS RENAISSANCE
  9. Three - LEGACY
  10. Four - MEMPHIS
  11. Five - EDUCATION
  12. Six - WAR, RACE, AND CIVIL RIGHTS
  13. Seven - IT’S RHYTHM AND BLUES
  14. Eight - PRIDE OF PLACE
  15. BIBLIOGRAPHY