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African Americans in Central Texas History: From Slavery to Civil Rights
Contributor(s): Glasrud, Bruce A. (Editor), Liles, Deborah M. (Editor), Brackner, E. Joe (Contribution by)
ISBN: 1623497477     ISBN-13: 9781623497477
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
OUR PRICE:   $39.60  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx)
- History | Essays
Dewey: 323.119
LCCN: 2018057927
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 328 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
 
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Publisher Description:
Bruce A. Glasrud and Deborah M. Liles have gathered over thirty years of scholarship--articles, book excerpts, and new, original essays--to offer for the first time an overview of the history of African Americans in Central Texas. From slavery and agriculture in the nineteenth century to entrepreneurship and the struggle for civil rights in the twentieth century, African Americans in Central Texas History: From Slavery to Civil Rights fills in the critical missing pieces of an often-overlooked region in the state's history.

African Americans first entered Central Texas with Spanish explorers, but few remained. White slave holders later brought black residents--as slaves--to this region. With the end of the Civil War, slavery may have ended but the brutalities of racial prejudice persisted. During Reconstruction, new attempts to ensure civil and political rights were resisted through terror, racial violence, and systemic denial of justice.
Well into the twentieth century, segregation persisted, but years of individual and mobilized protest finally led to significant reform. Organizations such as the NAACP provided vital support. Before efforts to disenfranchise the black vote became successful, some politicians even courted black voters to further their own political agendas.

African Americans in Central Texas History is a rare source that sheds light on the African American experience in the heart of the state.