The Betrayal of the Negro: From Rutherford B. Hayes to Woodrow Wilson
Description
This landmark work examines the decades between the end of Reconstruction and the close of World War I, a period in which African Americans faced the systematic erosion of hard-won civil and political rights. Drawing on extensive historical research, it explores the forces behind disenfranchisement, segregated education, economic inequality, restrictive Supreme Court decisions, and the accommodationist politics associated with Booker T. Washington. Logan also considers how popular culture and supposedly liberal newspapers and magazines reinforced racist ideas through caricature and representation. Dispassionate yet deeply compelling, the book presents a sweeping account of the national retreat from racial equality and the enduring consequences of that betrayal.
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paperback
Da Capo Press
Published Jan 1, 1997
456 pages
ISBN: 9780306807589
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First Published
1965
Language
eng
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