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07032aam a2200601 i 4500 001 EA89EA729F4211EBBB7E29A634ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210417010108 008 200406s2020 laua b 001 0deng 010 $a 2020013978 020 $a 0807173851 020 $a 9780807173855 035 $a (OCoLC)1151472605 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d YUS $d PAU $d GYG $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E711.6 $b .J87 2020 100 1 $a Justesen, Benjamin R., $d 1949- $e author. 245 10 $a Forgotten legacy : $b William McKinley, George Henry White, and the struggle for Black equality / $c Benjamin R. Justesen. 246 30 $a William McKinley, George Henry White, and the struggle for black equality 264 1 $a Baton Rouge : $b Louisiana State University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xiii, 349 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "In "Forgotten Legacy," Benjamin Justesen reveals a previously unexamined facet of William McKinley's presidency: an ongoing, productive dedication to the advancement of African Americans, including their appointment to significant roles in the federal government and the general protection of their rights as United States citizens. During the first two years of his presidency, McKinley appointed more African Americans to office than all his predecessors combined. He also acted on many fronts to extend them protection from violence at the hands of lynch mobs and to continue their assimilation into American society. Indeed, Justesen's work suggests that we could consider McKinley the first "civil rights president" - especially when compared to his next five successors in the office. Nonetheless, historians have long minimized, trivialized, or overlooked McKinley's cooperative relationships with prominent African American leaders, including George Henry White, the only black congressman between 1897 and 1901. Justesen contends that this one-sided portrait of William McKinley is grievously incomplete, misleading, and often severely distorted. The child of abolitionist parents, McKinley was personally committed, both philosophically and politically, to fairness for America's black citizens. He was not as successful as he sought to be, especially after mid-term Congressional losses in 1898 and a rise in intransigence by southern congressmen. Justesen uses George White's parallel efforts in and outside of Congress as the primary lens to fashion a new chronicle of the McKinley administration's accomplishments. He focuses on McKinley's regular meetings with a small and mostly unheralded group of African American advisors - including White, his confidant Bishop Benjamin W. Arnett, and major appointees Judson W. Lyons and Henry P. Cheatham - and his continuing relationship with the new National Afro-American Council. The most visible facet of McKinley's efforts was his nomination of more than 80 black U.S. postmasters - nearly half of them proposed by George White - during his first two years in office. Historians have mostly overlooked those appointments as well as McKinley's selection of over a dozen black diplomats and consular officers during his term. Only months before his assassination, McKinley toured the South, visiting black colleges at every stop to praise black achievements and encourage a spirit of optimism among his audiences. Justesen uses a series of significant events of 1898 with critical racial overtones to illustrate the primary structure of McKinley's efforts: the lynching of a black U.S. postmaster in South Carolina, and the subsequent federal trial of his accused killers; the encouragement of black volunteers for the army in the war with Spain; the founding of the National Afro-American Council; the armed coup d'etat against the municipal government in Wilmington, N.C., and the ensuing racial massacre; and the president's southern "Peace Tour," during which he committed the federal government to caring for Confederate graves. Although McKinley succumbed to political pressure and was less successful at promoting equality and civil rights that he hoped, Justesen shows that his efforts were far more significant and meaningful than previously understood"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 00 $t Epilogue: A Long Fall from Grace $g 16. $t Washington Beginnings -- $g 2. $t Charting the Course -- $t 1898 -- $g 3. $t First Tests of Fire -- $g 4. $t Selecting Backups and Recruiting Volunteers -- $g 5. $t Political Storms Begin -- $g 6. $t Wilmington Falls and a New Council Rises -- $t 1899 -- $g 7. $t Entering a Critical Phase -- $g 8. $t Stops and Starts on the Road to Racial Peace -- $t 1900 -- $g 9. $t Preparing for the Fight of the Century -- $g 10. $t Taking the Battle to the Next Level -- $g 11. $t Eye of the Storm -- $g 12. $t Reelecting a President -- $t 1901 -- $g 13. $t Leaving the National Stage -- $g 14. $t A President for All the People -- $g 15. $t Two Cities, Two Presidencies -- $g 16. $t End of a Dream -- $t Epilogue: A Long Fall from Grace 600 10 $a McKinley, William, $d 1843-1901 $x Relations with African Americans. 600 10 $a McKinley, William, $d 1843-1901 $x Friends and associates. 600 10 $a White, George H. $q (George Henry), $d 1852-1918. 600 17 $a McKinley, William, $d 1843-1901. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00056763 600 17 $a White, George H. $q (George Henry), $d 1852-1918. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00447283 650 0 $a African Americans $x Politics and government $y 19th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Political aspects $x Political aspects $y 19th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1897-1901. 650 0 $a African American postmasters $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Postmasters $x History $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 7 $a African American postmasters. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01202465 650 7 $a African Americans $x Civil rights. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799575 650 7 $a African Americans $x Legal status, laws, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799632 650 7 $a African Americans $x Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799659 650 7 $a Friendship. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00935174 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Postmasters $x Selection and appointment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01073161 650 7 $a Race relations $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01086519 650 7 $a Relations with African Americans. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01354226 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1800-1901 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Justesen, Benjamin R., 1949- $t Forgotten legacy $d Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2020] $z 9780807174623 $w (DLC) 2020013979 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220526014404.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EA89EA729F4211EBBB7E29A634ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search