Centennial Celebration Broadway Temple A.M.E. Zion Church, 1876-1976
Title | Centennial Celebration Broadway Temple A.M.E. Zion Church, 1876-1976 PDF eBook |
Author | Broadway Temple A.M.E. Zion Church (Louisville, Ky.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | African American Methodists |
ISBN |
Life Behind a Veil
Title | Life Behind a Veil PDF eBook |
Author | George C. Wright |
Publisher | LSU Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2004-09-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780807130568 |
In the period between the Civil War and the Great Depression, Louisville, Kentucky was host to what George C. Wright calls "a polite form of racism." There were no lynchings or race riots, and to a great extent, Louisville blacks escaped the harsh violence that was a fact of life for blacks in the Deep South. Furthermore, black Louisvillians consistently enjoyed and exercised an oft-contested but never effectively retracted enfranchisement. However, their votes usually did not amount to any real political leverage, and there were no radical improvements in civil rights during this period. Instead, there existed a delicate balance between relative privilege and enforced passivity.A substantial paternalism carried over from antebellum days in Louisville, and many leading white citizens lent support to a limited uplifting of blacks in society. They helped blacks establish their own schools, hospitals, and other institutions. But the dual purpose that such actions served, providing assistance while making the maintenance of strict segregation easier, was not incidental. Whites salved their consequences without really threatening an established order. And blacks, obliged to be grateful for the assistance, generally refrained from arguing for real social and political equality for fear of jeopardizing a partially improved situation and regressing to a status similar to that of other southern blacks.In Life Behind a Veil: Blacks in Louisville, Kentucky, 1865 - 1930, George Wright looks at the particulars of this form of racism. He also looks at the ways in which blacks made the most of their less than ideal position, focusing on the institutions that were central to their lives. Blacks in Louisville boasted the first library for blacks in the United States, as well as black-owned banks, hospitals, churches, settlement houses, and social clubs. These supported and reinforced a sense of community, self-esteem, and pride that was often undermined by the white world.Life Behind a Veil is a comprehensive account of race relations, black response to white discrimination, and the black community behind the walls of segregation in this border town. The title echoes Blyden Jackson's recollection of his childhood in Louisville, where blacks were always aware that there were two very distinct Louisvilles, one of which they were excluded from.
Official Master Register of Bicentennial Activities
Title | Official Master Register of Bicentennial Activities PDF eBook |
Author | American Revolution Bicentennial Administration |
Publisher | |
Pages | 580 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976 |
ISBN |
The Christian Pioneer
Title | The Christian Pioneer PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 726 |
Release | 1744 |
Genre | Baptists |
ISBN |
Community Memories
Title | Community Memories PDF eBook |
Author | Winona L. Fletcher |
Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2003-11-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780916968304 |
"While this is a glimpse of Frankfort's African American community, it has much in common with other Black communities, especially those in the South. Although much in the collection that produced this work - both photographic and oral history - is nostalgic, it ultimately demonstrates that change is constant, producing both negative and positive results."--BOOK JACKET.
Historic McLennan County
Title | Historic McLennan County PDF eBook |
Author | Sharon Bracken |
Publisher | HPN Books |
Pages | 145 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1935377221 |
Halloween
Title | Halloween PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Rogers |
Publisher | Oxford : Oxford University Press |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780195168969 |
A wide-ranging, illustrated look at the history of Halloween illuminates the holiday from ancient Celtic ritual to billion-dollar industry. 32 halftones & line illustrations.