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Author Walker, Corey D. B

Title A noble fight : African American freemasonry and the struggle for democracy in America / Corey D.B. Walker
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008]
©2008

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Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Introduction: Secret rites, public power -- The specter of democracy -- A cartography of democracy -- Ritual and revolution -- A new political ideology -- The democratic uses of ritual and secrecy -- Epilogue: Race, ritual, and the struggle for democracy in America
Summary "A Noble Fight examines the metaphors and meanings behind the African American appropriation of the culture, ritual, and institution of freemasonry in navigating the contested terrain of American democracy. Combining cultural and political theory with extensive archival research--including the discovery of a rare collection of nineteenth-century records of an African American Freemason Lodge--Corey D.B. Walker provides an innovative perspective on American politics and society during the long transition from slavery to freedom."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-280) and index
Notes English
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Subject African American freemasonry -- History
African American freemasons -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Freemasonry & Secret Societies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
African Americans -- Social conditions
African Americans -- Civil rights
African American freemasonry
African American freemasons
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019718656
ISBN 9780252092770
0252092775
1283583089
9781283583084
9786613895530
6613895539