Author: Richard D. SearsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Berea (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Ancestors of Willis Duke Weatherford II
Author: Richard D. SearsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Berea (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Willis Duke Weatherford
Author: Andrew McNeill CanadyPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813168163
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
At the turn of the twentieth century, few white, southern leaders would speak out in favor of racial equality for fear of being dismissed as too progressive. Willis Duke Weatherford (1875–1970), however, defied convention as one of the first prominent white southern liberals to dedicate his life to reforming the South's social system, eliminating violence and injustice through education, and opening a dialogue among the affected groups. His energetic efforts led to a rise in progressive action in the region, though at times his own beliefs prevented him from advocating for absolute racial equality. As a result, historians debate Weatherford's legacy: Was he a forward-thinking supporter of human rights or merely a moderate paternalist? In this comprehensive biography, Andrew McNeill Canady offers a reassessment of the influential educator's life and work. Canady surveys Weatherford's work with institutions such as the YMCA, Berea College, and Fisk University and illuminates his many efforts to foster dialogue among southerners of all races about religion, race relations, and Appalachia. He also examines Weatherford's reluctance to challenge Jim Crow laws and the capitalist economy that contributed to the poverty of African Americans and the people of Appalachia, revealing the limitations that southern reformers faced and the often-difficult compromises they were forced to make. During a career that spanned from the Progressive Era to the civil rights movement, Weatherford was involved in virtually every significant southern liberal effort of his time. Past research has focused primarily on Weatherford's early work, but Canady's study is the first to investigate the full trajectory of his life and career. This overdue biography makes a significant contribution to literature on the long civil rights movement and the development of southern liberalism.
Ancestors of Anne (Smith) Weatherford
Author: Richard D. SearsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Berea (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Ancestors of William J. and Francis S. Hutchins
Author: Richard D. SearsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Berea (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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The Negro from Africa to America
Author: Willis Duke WeatherfordPublisher:
ISBN: 9781494114107
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.
The Negro from Africa to America
Author: Willis Duke WeatherfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The Publishers Weekly
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1182
Book Description
Hattiesburg
Author: William SturkeyPublisher: Belknap Press
ISBN: 0674976355
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
Winner of the Zócalo Public Square Book Prize Benjamin L. Hooks Award Finalist “An insightful, powerful, and moving book.” —Kevin Boyle, author of Arc of Justice “Sturkey’s clear-eyed and meticulous book pulls off a delicate balancing act. While depicting the terrors of Jim Crow, he also shows how Hattiesburg’s black residents, forced to forge their own communal institutions, laid the organizational groundwork for the civil rights movement.” —New York Times If you really want to understand Jim Crow—what it was and how African Americans rose up to defeat it—you should start by visiting Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the heart of the historic black downtown. There you can still see remnants of the shops and churches where, amid the violence and humiliation of segregation, men and women gathered to build a remarkable community. Hattiesburg takes us into the heart of this divided town and deep into the lives of families on both sides of the racial divide to show how the fabric of their existence was shaped by the changing fortunes of the Jim Crow South. “Sturkey’s magnificent portrait reminds us that Mississippi is no anachronism. It is the dark heart of American modernity.” —Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk “When they are at their best, historians craft powerful, compelling, often genre-changing pieces of history...William Sturkey is one of those historians...A brilliant, poignant work.” —Charles W. McKinney, Jr., Journal of African American History
Abridged Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Author: Barbara McNeilPublisher: Gale Cengage
ISBN: 9780810321496
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1300
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