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Lives Full of Struggle and Triumph
Spanning southern women's history from colonial times to the late-20th century, this collection discusses the lives and experiences of black and white southern women. It shows how …
Making a New South
By focusing on specific communities, these essays examine the efforts of individuals and small groups to build their vision of the New South. Ranging across the region, from Texas …
Honor in Command
This memoir by Freeman Sparks Bowley, a young white officer who served as a lieutenant in a regiment of U.S. Colored Troops in the Union Army, is the work of a superb storyteller …
The Southern Dream of a Caribbean Empire, 1854-1861
A path-breaking work when first published in 1973, The Southern Dream remains the standard work on attempts by the South to spread American slavery into the tropics - Cuba, Mexico, …
From Rights to Economics
Rich with the voices of black and white southern workers, ""From Rights to Economics"" shows how ardently African Americans have had to continue fighting for economic parity in the …
Southern Ladies, New Women
Joan Marie Johnson investigates how the desire to create a distinctive southern identity influenced black and white clubwomen at the turn of the 20th century and motivated their …
In the Country of the Enemy
Corporal Zenas T. Haines's dispatches from the Civil War in eastern North Carolina provide a detailed account of the history of a Massachusetts regiment operating in the hostile …
German-Speaking Officers in the U.S. Colored Troops, 1863-1867
Exploring the motivations of German-speaking immigrants in the US Colored Troops (USCT), this book looks at the sometimes hostile, sometimes sympathetic reactions of their comrades …
Ain't Scared of Your Jail
In this book, Zoe Colley follows civil rights activists inside the southern jails and prisons to explore their treatment and the different responses that civil rights organizations …
Painting Dixie Red
Has the South, once the ""Solid South"" of the Democratic Party, truly become an unassailable Republican stronghold? If so, when, where, why, and how did this seismic change occur? …
The Path to the Greater, Freer, Truer World
The Southern Negro Youth Congress and the Council on African Affairs were two organizations created as part of the early civil rights efforts to address race and labor issues …
Francis Butler Simkins
Few men make their mark in their profession as indelibly as historian Francis Butler Simkins (1897-1966). Known as an eccentric, Simkins is almost as famous for falling asleep …