Atlanta stands out among southern cities for many reasons, not least of which is the role African Americans have played in local politics. Black Power in Dixie offers the first comprehensive study of black politics in the city.
Southern Dissent
Edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller, ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITYSeries Description:
A series that will explore and analyze the complexities of southern dissent on a broad, multi-ethnic plane. The series is designed to channel research in a variety of fields into a continuing re-evaluation of the role of dissent in the south and what constitutes a dissenting group in any given area at any given time.
For more Information:
Stanley Harrold
sharrold@scsu.edu
Randall M. Miller
ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY
DEPT OF HISTORY
5600 CITY AVENUE
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19131
miller@sju.edu
There are 29 books in this series.
Please note that while you may order forthcoming books at any time, they will not be available for shipment until shortly before publication date
Jeff Strickland examines how German and Irish immigrants in Charleston were both agents of change during the transition from slavery to freedom, as well as embodiments of that change.
This examination of a Quaker community in northern Virginia, between its first settlement in 1730 and the end of the Civil War, explores how an antislavery, pacifist, and equalitarian religious minority maintained its ideals and campaigned for social justice in a society that violated those values on a daily basis.
The Challenge of Blackness examines the history and legacy of the Institute of the Black World (IBW), one of the most important Black Freedom Struggle organizations to emerge in the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
