Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-386) and index
Devising disfranchisement: "the great problem" in its final phase -- Supervising the south: federal election laws, 1890-1894 -- Embarking on disfranchisement: Tennessee and Arkansas, 1889-1892 -- Harmonizing rival factions I: Mississippi, 1890 -- Harmonizing rival factions II: South Carolina, 1895 -- Conciliating the south: McKinley administration, 1896-1901 -- Defeating fusion I: Louisiana, 1898 -- Defeating fusion II: North Carolina, 1898-1900 -- Reforming the black belt I: Alabama, 1901 -- Reforming the black belt II: Virginia, 1901-1902 -- Exonerating the south: congress, 1901-1906 --Reinforcing disfranchisement: the rise of segregation -- Reforging a reform coalition: Texas and Georgia, 1901-1908 -- Finishing disfranchisement: the direct primary and the eviscerated electorate
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Provides a history of the disfranchisement of African American and lower-class white voters in the South
African Americans-- Segregation-- Southern States-- History
African Americans-- Suffrage-- Southern States-- History
Southern States, Politics and government, 1865-1950