Subtitle in previous editions varies. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
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