The way it was in the South : the Black experience in Georgia
This work covers the African American presence in a single state. From the legalization of slavery in the Georgia Colony in 1751 to debates that preceded the Confederate emblem's removal from the state's now defunct flag, it chronicles a record of black Georgians' innovation.
Print Book, English, [2001]
University of Georgia Press, Athens, Ga., [2001]
History
x, 624 pages ; 23 cm
9780820323299, 0820323292
48134795
The formation of Georgia
A system of bondage
The Civil War and Reconstruction
Post-Reconstruction horrors
The new south and further degradations
Black institutions and advancement
The search for a decent living and a better life
The "new Negro"
The depression, New Deal, and World War II
Postwar progress
The civil rights movement
Modern politics
The struggle for economic advancement
Social problems
Modern education and culture
Civil rights and race relations
Originally published: Secaucus, N.J. : Carol Pub. Group, ©1993