Author: Devora E. Butler
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439622388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
African Americans have heavily contributed to and shaped the unique and vibrant Rutherford County in middle Tennessee. Located 30 miles southeast of Nashville, Rutherford County is at the state's geographical center. This area is home to the Stones River National Battlefield, a national park that was the site of a major Civil War battle--the Battle of Stones River. Tourists come from all over the world to experience this rich cultural and historic venue that once served, although briefly, as the capital of Tennessee. African American men and women have lived, worked, and toiled here for generations.
African Americans in Rutherford County
Author: Devora E. Butler
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439622388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
African Americans have heavily contributed to and shaped the unique and vibrant Rutherford County in middle Tennessee. Located 30 miles southeast of Nashville, Rutherford County is at the state's geographical center. This area is home to the Stones River National Battlefield, a national park that was the site of a major Civil War battle--the Battle of Stones River. Tourists come from all over the world to experience this rich cultural and historic venue that once served, although briefly, as the capital of Tennessee. African American men and women have lived, worked, and toiled here for generations.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439622388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
African Americans have heavily contributed to and shaped the unique and vibrant Rutherford County in middle Tennessee. Located 30 miles southeast of Nashville, Rutherford County is at the state's geographical center. This area is home to the Stones River National Battlefield, a national park that was the site of a major Civil War battle--the Battle of Stones River. Tourists come from all over the world to experience this rich cultural and historic venue that once served, although briefly, as the capital of Tennessee. African American men and women have lived, worked, and toiled here for generations.
A History of Rutherford County's African American Community
Arbors to Bricks
Author: Laura C. Jarmon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American students
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American students
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Murfreesboro in the Civil War
Author: Michael R. Bradley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614234744
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
As the Civil War unfolded, Murfreesboro became hotly contested by Confederate and Union forces. Both sides occupied the town for significant periods, with power changing hands as the fighting raged. Punctuated by events like Nathan Bedford Forrests raid on Union forces in July 1862, Jefferson Daviss visit and the wedding of General John Hunt Morgan and Martha Ready, wartime Murfreesboro saw no shortage of drama. As combat escalated, the bloody Battle of Stones River and the Nashville Campaign brought more destruction. Yet at wars end, the resilient locals remained and rebuilt their town from the rubble. Authors and Civil War historians Michael Bradley and Shirley Farris Jones track the tumult of the proceedings to recount the compelling story of Murfreesboro during the Civil War.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614234744
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
As the Civil War unfolded, Murfreesboro became hotly contested by Confederate and Union forces. Both sides occupied the town for significant periods, with power changing hands as the fighting raged. Punctuated by events like Nathan Bedford Forrests raid on Union forces in July 1862, Jefferson Daviss visit and the wedding of General John Hunt Morgan and Martha Ready, wartime Murfreesboro saw no shortage of drama. As combat escalated, the bloody Battle of Stones River and the Nashville Campaign brought more destruction. Yet at wars end, the resilient locals remained and rebuilt their town from the rubble. Authors and Civil War historians Michael Bradley and Shirley Farris Jones track the tumult of the proceedings to recount the compelling story of Murfreesboro during the Civil War.
The Politics of Memory
Author: Miranda Fraley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
This dissertation examines the evolution of Civil War memories in Rutherford County, Tennessee from the 1860s to the present. It explores how race, gender, and regional identities shaped individuals' perspectives on the war, commemorative events and organizations, and the development of historic sites such as Stones River National Battlefield. This study demonstrates how civilians and soldiers began to understand and commemorate this war before the conflict ended. It discusses the two main local commemorative groups, Union and Confederate, and how they evolved over time. This dissertation complicates the history of Civil War battlefields managed by the federal government by investigating the relationships between Stones River National Battlefield, African American landowners and park neighbors, and local white Confederate sympathizers. ...Investigating Confederate memory on a local level exposes the unequal struggle for leadership of this movement between white women and men. Although women largely created and sustained Confederate commemoration in the county, men usurped their projects and positions of authority during times like the 1890s and 1960s when political and social developments menaced white male supremacy. Gendered disputes between white men and women helped transform Confederate commemoration over time from a culture of mourning to a celebration of white soldiers' heroism and finally into a form of entertainment that glorified the Confederate past and white male supremacy."-Abstract, pages vii-viii.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
This dissertation examines the evolution of Civil War memories in Rutherford County, Tennessee from the 1860s to the present. It explores how race, gender, and regional identities shaped individuals' perspectives on the war, commemorative events and organizations, and the development of historic sites such as Stones River National Battlefield. This study demonstrates how civilians and soldiers began to understand and commemorate this war before the conflict ended. It discusses the two main local commemorative groups, Union and Confederate, and how they evolved over time. This dissertation complicates the history of Civil War battlefields managed by the federal government by investigating the relationships between Stones River National Battlefield, African American landowners and park neighbors, and local white Confederate sympathizers. ...Investigating Confederate memory on a local level exposes the unequal struggle for leadership of this movement between white women and men. Although women largely created and sustained Confederate commemoration in the county, men usurped their projects and positions of authority during times like the 1890s and 1960s when political and social developments menaced white male supremacy. Gendered disputes between white men and women helped transform Confederate commemoration over time from a culture of mourning to a celebration of white soldiers' heroism and finally into a form of entertainment that glorified the Confederate past and white male supremacy."-Abstract, pages vii-viii.
Forgotten Rutherford County
Author: Todd Lavender
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998882703
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Local history book covering Rutherford County, North Carolina.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998882703
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Local history book covering Rutherford County, North Carolina.
Because They Endured
Author:
Publisher: Associates
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher: Associates
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
African American Historic Places
Author: National Register of Historic Places
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471143451
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Culled from the records of the National Register of Historic Places, a roster of all types of significant properties across the United States, African American Historic Places includes over 800 places in 42 states and two U.S. territories that have played a role in black American history. Banks, cemeteries, clubs, colleges, forts, homes, hospitals, schools, and shops are but a few of the types of sites explored in this volume, which is an invaluable reference guide for researchers, historians, preservationists, and anyone interested in African American culture. Also included are eight insightful essays on the African American experience, from migration to the role of women, from the Harlem Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement. The authors represent academia, museums, historic preservation, and politics, and utilize the listed properties to vividly illustrate the role of communities and women, the forces of migration, the influence of the arts and heritage preservation, and the struggles for freedom and civil rights. Together they lead to a better understanding of the contributions of African Americans to American history. They illustrate the events and people, the designs and achievements that define African American history. And they pay powerful tribute to the spirit of black America.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471143451
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Culled from the records of the National Register of Historic Places, a roster of all types of significant properties across the United States, African American Historic Places includes over 800 places in 42 states and two U.S. territories that have played a role in black American history. Banks, cemeteries, clubs, colleges, forts, homes, hospitals, schools, and shops are but a few of the types of sites explored in this volume, which is an invaluable reference guide for researchers, historians, preservationists, and anyone interested in African American culture. Also included are eight insightful essays on the African American experience, from migration to the role of women, from the Harlem Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement. The authors represent academia, museums, historic preservation, and politics, and utilize the listed properties to vividly illustrate the role of communities and women, the forces of migration, the influence of the arts and heritage preservation, and the struggles for freedom and civil rights. Together they lead to a better understanding of the contributions of African Americans to American history. They illustrate the events and people, the designs and achievements that define African American history. And they pay powerful tribute to the spirit of black America.
The Rosenwald Schools of the American South
Author: Mary S. Hoffschwelle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813060330
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Rosenwald schools, scores of which still stand, exemplified the ideal educational environment - designed for efficiency, making full use of natural light to protect children's eyesight, and providing sufficient space for learning. Ironically, these schools, which represented the social centers of their African American communities, also helped to set standards for white schools.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813060330
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Rosenwald schools, scores of which still stand, exemplified the ideal educational environment - designed for efficiency, making full use of natural light to protect children's eyesight, and providing sufficient space for learning. Ironically, these schools, which represented the social centers of their African American communities, also helped to set standards for white schools.
My Face Is Black Is True
Author: Mary Frances Berry
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780307538710
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Acclaimed historian Mary Frances Berry resurrects the remarkable story of ex-slave Callie House who, seventy years before the civil-rights movement, demanded reparations for ex-slaves. A widowed Nashville washerwoman and mother of five, House (1861-1928) went on to fight for African American pensions based on those offered to Union soldiers, brilliantly targeting $68 million in taxes on seized rebel cotton and demanding it as repayment for centuries of unpaid labor. Here is the fascinating story of a forgotten civil rights crusader: a woman who emerges as a courageous pioneering activist, a forerunner of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780307538710
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Acclaimed historian Mary Frances Berry resurrects the remarkable story of ex-slave Callie House who, seventy years before the civil-rights movement, demanded reparations for ex-slaves. A widowed Nashville washerwoman and mother of five, House (1861-1928) went on to fight for African American pensions based on those offered to Union soldiers, brilliantly targeting $68 million in taxes on seized rebel cotton and demanding it as repayment for centuries of unpaid labor. Here is the fascinating story of a forgotten civil rights crusader: a woman who emerges as a courageous pioneering activist, a forerunner of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.