Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-267 and index.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Origins of the Readjuster Movement; Chapter 2 Expanding the Circle of Honor: The Politics of Patronage; Chapter 3 Drawing the Line between Public and Private: Sex, Schools, and Liberalism; Chapter 4 Deference and Violence in Danville; Chapter 5 Making Black White and White Black: The Politics of Racial Identity; Epilogue: The Voice of the People; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.
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Long before the Montgomery bus boycott ushered in the modern civil rights movement, black and white southerners struggled to forge interracial democracy in America. This book examines the most successful interracial coalition in the 19th-century South, Virginia's Readjuster Party, and uncovers a surprising degree of fluidity in postemancipation southern politics. Melding social, cultural, and political history, the author chronicles the Readjusters' efforts to foster political cooperation across the colour line.
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