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Author:

Alexander, Ann Field, 1946-

Title:

Race Man : the rise and fall of the "fighting editor," John Mitchell, Jr. / Ann Field Alexander.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xiv, 258 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Mitchell, John,--1863-1929.
African Americans--Biography.
African American political activists--Biography.--Biography.
African American politicians--Richmond--Richmond--Biography.
Newspaper editors--Richmond--Richmond--Biography.
African American newspapers--Richmond--Richmond--History.
African Americans--History.--Richmond--Richmond--History.
Civil rights movements--Richmond--Richmond--History.
Richmond (Va.)--Race relations.
Richmond (Va.)--Biography.--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-248) and index.

Contents:

The making of a "colored gentleman" -- "Colored teachers for colored schools" -- Founding the Planet -- "Lynch law must go!" -- A manly protest -- The politics of Jackson Ward -- "No officers, no fight!" -- Disfranchisement -- "Did God call the pastor?" -- Jim Crow and race pride -- The lure of fraternalism -- "A sane and sensible businessman" -- The perils of prosperity -- Collapse -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

9780813921167
0813921163 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49283778

LCCN:

2002002854

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)