| We Ask Only a Fair Trial: A History of the Black Community of Evansville, Indiana Contributor(s): Bigham, Darrel E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253363268 ISBN-13: 9780253363268 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $61.33 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1987 Annotation: With few exception, studies of urban black communities published in the past twenty years have treated large American metropolises and ignored the experiences of blacks in towns and small to middle-sized cities. That prompted the author to commence research on the Evansville black community in the early 1970s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Dewey: 977.233 |
| LCCN: 86045892 |
| Series: Blacks in the Diaspora (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.56" W x 9.22" (1.37 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Indiana - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Despite its growth as an industrial center, Evansville remained heavily influenced by the virulent racism of its antebellum past. Bigham traces the devlopment of a black community, focusing on the origin and nature of the obstacles to equal opportunity. He reveals, however, that black Evansvillians built a richly variegated subculture, relying heavily on their own resources, and occasional assistance from sympathetic whites. |