TY - BOOK AU - Pitre,Merline TI - Through many dangers, toils and snares: black leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 SN - 1623494834 AV - E185.93.T4 P57 2016 U1 - 305.896/073076409034 23 PY - 2016///] CY - College Station PB - Texas A & M University Press KW - African American politicians KW - Texas KW - Biography KW - African Americans KW - Politics and government KW - African American leadership KW - Hommes politiques noirs américains KW - Biographies KW - Noirs américains KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Leadership noir américain KW - fast KW - Race relations KW - 1865-1950 KW - Relations raciales KW - Electronic books N1 - Subtitle in previous editions varies; Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword / by W. Marvin Dulaney -- Preface to the new edition -- Introduction -- The toils -- The making of biographical profiles -- The Constitutional Convention of 1868-1869 -- The Reconstruction legislature -- Blacks at the crossroad 1872-1875 -- The post-Reconstruction legislatures -- The snares -- White over black in party conventions -- A thorn in the side -- Miscalculation or manipulation -- Fusion or fission -- The danger -- Methods of removal -- Rejection, reduction, retrenchment -- The personalities -- Neither all good nor all bad -- A preview -- Matthew Gaines: the militant -- George T. Ruby: the party loyalist -- Richard Allen: the opportunist -- Robert Lloyd Smith: the accommodationist -- Norris Wright Cuney: the climber of sorts -- Postscript -- Appendix A: Roster of black legislators of Texas -- Appendix B: Roster of black legislators' committee assignments -- Appendix C: Black legislators who were delegates at Republican national conventions -- Appendix D: Summary of background of Texas black politicians, 1868-1890 -- Appendix E: Twentieth century black legislators -- Appendix G: A thirty year comparison of the 19th and 20th century legislators -- Appendix H: Correspondence of a black lawmaker UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1866671 ER -