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A refugee from his race : Albion W. Tourgée and his fight against white supremacy /

"During one of the darkest periods of U.S. history, when white supremacy was entrenching itself throughout the nation, the white writer-jurist-activist Albion W. Tourg<U+fffd>ee (1838-1905) forged an extraordinary alliance with African Americans. Acclaimed by blacks as "one of the be...

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Main Author: Karcher, Carolyn L., 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Subjects and Genres:
Tourgée, Albion W., > 1838-1905.
National Citizens' Rights Association (U.S.)
National Citizen's Rights Association (U.S.)
1800 - 1899
Political activists > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > North Carolina.
Activistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African Americans > Civil rights.
Political activists.
Race relations.
United States.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
North Carolina.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Biography.
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Table of Contents:
  • A straight-talking advocate
  • Passing for black in Pactolus Prime
  • The bystander
  • The National Citizens' Rights Association
  • Campaigning against lynching with Ida B. Wells and Harry C. Smith
  • Representing people of color and challenging Jim Crow in the Plessy case
  • The view from abroad.

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