Title Emancipation Betrayed : the Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (433 pages) Series American Crossroads ; 16 Contents ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLES; Preface; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Prologue; THE PROMISE OF RECONSTRUCTION; THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE DEMOCRACY; WE ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE DEVIL; TO GAIN THESE FRUITS THAT HAVE BEEN EARNED; TO SEE THAT NONE SUFFER; LOOKING FOR A FREE STATE TO LIVE IN; ECHOES OF EMANCIPATION; WITH BABIES IN THEIR ARMS; ELECTION DAY, 1920; Conclusion; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX Summary In this penetrating examination of African American politics and culture, Paul Ortiz throws a powerful light on the struggle of black Floridians to create the first statewide civil rights movement against Jim Crow. Concentrating on the period between the end of slavery and the election of 1920, Emancipation Betrayed vividly demonstrates that the decades leading up to the historic voter registration drive of 1919-20 were marked by intense battles during which African Americans struck for higher wages, took up arms to prevent lynching, forged independent political alliances, boycotted segregated Analysis 19th amendment 19th century american history 20th century american history african american culture african american politics black floridians civil rights movement civil war election day emancipation higher wages historical memory historical jim crow era kkk ku klux klan labor unions lynching mutual aid organizations oppression politics reconstruction retrospective segregated streetcars slavery social movements strikes united states of america voter registration drive white supremacists Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject African Americans -- Florida -- Politics and government -- 19th century African Americans -- Florida -- Politics and government -- 20th century African Americans -- Civil rights -- Florida -- History African Americans -- Florida -- Social conditions Racism -- Florida -- History -- 19th century Racism -- Florida -- History -- 20th century Violence -- Florida -- History -- 19th century Violence -- Florida -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- United States -- General. African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Politics and government African Americans -- Social conditions Politics and government Race relations Racism Violence SUBJECT Florida -- Race relations Florida -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85049244 Subject Florida Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2004015439 ISBN 9780520940390 0520940393 1597345903 9781597345903

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