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Race Over Party - Black Politics and Partisanship in Late Nineteenth-Century Boston (Hardcover)
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Race Over Party - Black Politics and Partisanship in Late Nineteenth-Century Boston (Hardcover)
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In late-nineteenth-century Boston, battles over black party loyalty
were fights over the place of African Americans in the post-Civil
War nation. In his fresh in-depth study of black partisanship and
politics, Millington Bergeson-Lockwood demonstrates that party
politics became the terrain upon which black Bostonians tested the
promise of equality in America's democracy. Most African Americans
remained loyal Republicans, but Race over Party highlights the
actions and aspirations of a cadre of those who argued that the GOP
took black votes for granted and offered little meaningful reward
for black support. These activists branded themselves
""independents,"" forging new alliances and advocating support of
whichever candidate would support black freedom regardless of
party. By the end of the century, however, it became clear that
partisan politics offered little hope for the protection of black
rights and lives in the face of white supremacy and racial
violence. Even so, Bergeson-Lockwood shows how black Bostonians'
faith in self-reliance, political autonomy, and dedicated
organizing inspired future generations of activists who would carry
these legacies into the foundation of the twentieth-century civil
rights movement.
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