Right to ride : streetcar boycotts and African American citizenship in the era of Plessy v. Ferguson /
Kelley, Blair Murphy, 1973-
Right to ride : streetcar boycotts and African American citizenship in the era of Plessy v. Ferguson / Blair L.M. Kelley. - 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations - The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture . - John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- New York : the Antebellum roots of segregation and dissent -- The color line and the ladies' car : segregation on southern rails before Plessy -- Our people, our problem? : Plessy and the divided New Orleans -- Where are our friends? : crumbling alliances and New Orleans streetcar boycott -- Who's to blame? : Maggie Lena Walker, John Mitchell Jr., and the great class debate -- Negroes everywhere are walking : work, women, and the Richmond streetcar boycott -- Battling Jim Crow's buzzards : betrayal and the Savannah streetcar boycott -- Bend with unabated protest: on the meaning of failure -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Focusing on three key cities--New Orleans, Richmond, and Savannah--Kelley explores African Americans' organized efforts to resist the passage of segregation laws dividing trains and streetcars by race in the early Jim Crow era. The book forces a reassessment of the timelines of the black freedom struggle, revealing that a period once dismissed as the age of accommodation should in fact be characterized as part of a history of protest and resistance.
9780807895818 (electronic bk.) 0807895814 (electronic bk.) 9781469604107 (electronic bk.) 1469604108 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
22573/ctt62twb JSTOR 5E7ACFBE-EE52-46C6-92C4-03D80CD39195 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
African Americans--Civil rights--History.
Civil rights movements--History.--United States
Segregation in transportation--History.--United States
Boycotts--History.--United States
Noirs américains--Droits--Histoire.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme--Histoire.--États-Unis
Ségrégation dans le transport--Histoire.--États-Unis
Boycottage--Histoire.--États-Unis
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--African American Studies.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Boycotts.
Civil rights movements.
Race relations.
Segregation in transportation.
United States--Race relations--History.
New Orleans (La.)--Race relations--History.
Richmond (Va.)--Race relations--History.
Savannah (Ga.)--Race relations--History.
États-Unis--Relations raciales--Histoire.
Georgia--Savannah.
Louisiana--New Orleans.
United States.
Virginia--Richmond.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
E185.61 / .K355 2010eb
323.1196/073
Right to ride : streetcar boycotts and African American citizenship in the era of Plessy v. Ferguson / Blair L.M. Kelley. - 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations - The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture . - John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- New York : the Antebellum roots of segregation and dissent -- The color line and the ladies' car : segregation on southern rails before Plessy -- Our people, our problem? : Plessy and the divided New Orleans -- Where are our friends? : crumbling alliances and New Orleans streetcar boycott -- Who's to blame? : Maggie Lena Walker, John Mitchell Jr., and the great class debate -- Negroes everywhere are walking : work, women, and the Richmond streetcar boycott -- Battling Jim Crow's buzzards : betrayal and the Savannah streetcar boycott -- Bend with unabated protest: on the meaning of failure -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Focusing on three key cities--New Orleans, Richmond, and Savannah--Kelley explores African Americans' organized efforts to resist the passage of segregation laws dividing trains and streetcars by race in the early Jim Crow era. The book forces a reassessment of the timelines of the black freedom struggle, revealing that a period once dismissed as the age of accommodation should in fact be characterized as part of a history of protest and resistance.
9780807895818 (electronic bk.) 0807895814 (electronic bk.) 9781469604107 (electronic bk.) 1469604108 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
22573/ctt62twb JSTOR 5E7ACFBE-EE52-46C6-92C4-03D80CD39195 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
African Americans--Civil rights--History.
Civil rights movements--History.--United States
Segregation in transportation--History.--United States
Boycotts--History.--United States
Noirs américains--Droits--Histoire.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme--Histoire.--États-Unis
Ségrégation dans le transport--Histoire.--États-Unis
Boycottage--Histoire.--États-Unis
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--African American Studies.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Boycotts.
Civil rights movements.
Race relations.
Segregation in transportation.
United States--Race relations--History.
New Orleans (La.)--Race relations--History.
Richmond (Va.)--Race relations--History.
Savannah (Ga.)--Race relations--History.
États-Unis--Relations raciales--Histoire.
Georgia--Savannah.
Louisiana--New Orleans.
United States.
Virginia--Richmond.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
E185.61 / .K355 2010eb
323.1196/073