Author: Annette E. ChurchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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The Robert R. Churches of Memphis
Author: Annette E. ChurchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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The Robert R. Church Family of Memphis
Author: Pamela PalmerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780878700592
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 87
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Robert R. Church Jr. and the African American Political Struggle
Author: Darius J. YoungPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813072425
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 147
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Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc., C. Calvin Smith Book Award This volume highlights the little-known story of Robert R. Church Jr., the most prominent black Republican of the 1920s and 1930s. Tracing Church’s lifelong crusade to make race an important part of the national political conversation, Darius Young reveals how Church was critical to the formative years of the civil rights struggle. A member of the black elite in Memphis, Tennessee, Church was a banker, political mobilizer, and civil rights advocate who worked to create opportunities for the black community despite the notorious Democrat E. H. “Boss” Crump’s hold over Memphis politics. Spurred by the belief that the vote was the most pragmatic path to full citizenship in the United States, Church founded the Lincoln League of America, which advocated for the interests of black voters in over thirty states. He was instrumental in establishing the NAACP throughout the South as it investigated various incidents of racial violence in the Mississippi Delta. At the height of his influence, Church served as an advisor for Presidents Harding and Coolidge, generating greater participation of and recognition for African Americans in the Republican Party. Church’s life and career offer a window into the incremental, behind-the-scenes victories of black voters and leaders during the Jim Crow era that set the foundation for the more nationally visible civil rights movement to follow. Publication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Robert R. Church Family of Memphis
Author: Pamela PalmerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780878700608
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 87
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The Robert R. Church Family of Memphis
Author: Pamela PalmerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780878700592
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Robert Church
Author: Cookie LommelPublisher: Holloway House Publishing
ISBN: 9780870677892
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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A biography of the first African-American business man in the South. After the Civil War, Robert Church settled in Memphis and started several businesses. He set a pattern of civic-mindedness and political involvement.
The Robert R. Church Family
Author: Charles Wann CrawfordPublisher:
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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History of the Robert R. Church Family
Author: Charles Wann CrawfordPublisher:
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Category : African American families
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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History of the Robert R. Church Family
Author: Charles Wann CrawfordPublisher:
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Category : African American families
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Robert Church Family of Memphis
Author: Charles Wann CrawfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American families
Languages : en
Pages :
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