Download or read book The History of Smith County Texas Born in Dixie Smith County from 1875 to its centennial year written by James Smallwood and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reaping a Greater Harvest written by Debra A. Reid and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Crow laws pervaded the south, reaching from the famous "separate yet equal" facilities to voting discrimination to the seats on buses. Agriculture, a key industry for those southern blacks trying to forge an independent existence, was not immune to the touch of racism, prejudice, and inequality. In "Reaping a Greater Harvest," Debra Reid deftly spotlights the hierarchies of race, class, and gender within the extension service. Black farmers were excluded from cooperative demonstration work in Texas until the Smith-Lever Agricultural Extension act in 1914. However, the resulting Negro Division included a complicated bureaucracy of African American agents who reported to white officials, were supervised by black administrators, and served black farmers. The now-measurable successes of these African American farmers exacerbated racial tensions and led to pressure on agents to maintain the status quo. The bureau that was meant to ensure equality instead became another tool for systematic discrimination and maintenance of the white-dominated southern landscape. Historians of race, gender, and class have joined agricultural historians in roundly praising Reid's work.
Download or read book Freedom Colonies written by Thad Sitton and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the decades following the Civil War, nearly a quarter of African Americans achieved a remarkable victory—they got their own land. While other ex-slaves and many poor whites became trapped in the exploitative sharecropping system, these independence-seeking individuals settled on pockets of unclaimed land that had been deemed too poor for farming and turned them into successful family farms. In these self-sufficient rural communities, often known as "freedom colonies," African Americans created a refuge from the discrimination and violence that routinely limited the opportunities of blacks in the Jim Crow South. Freedom Colonies is the first book to tell the story of these independent African American settlements. Thad Sitton and James Conrad focus on communities in Texas, where blacks achieved a higher percentage of land ownership than in any other state of the Deep South. The authors draw on a vast reservoir of ex-slave narratives, oral histories, written memoirs, and public records to describe how the freedom colonies formed and to recreate the lifeways of African Americans who made their living by farming or in skilled trades such as milling and blacksmithing. They also uncover the forces that led to the decline of the communities from the 1930s onward, including economic hard times and the greed of whites who found legal and illegal means of taking black-owned land. And they visit some of the remaining communities to discover how their independent way of life endures into the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Southwestern Historical Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cultural Capital and Black Education written by V.P. Franklin and published by IAP. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of the contributions made by African Americans to public and private black schools in the USA in the 19th and 20th centuries. It suggests that cultural capital from African American communities may be important for closing the gap in the funding of black schools in the 21st century.
Download or read book The History of Smith County Texas written by James Smallwood and published by . This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Journal of African American History written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A History of Tyler and Smith County Texas written by Albert woldert and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of history of Tyler and Smith County, Texas.
Download or read book Historic Smith County written by Archie P. McDonald and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Chronological History of Smith County Texas written by Vicki Betts and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronological history of Smith County, Texas.
Download or read book Tyler Smith County Texas written by Robert W. Glover and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Tyler and Smith County, Texas, through the period of Reconstruction. Includes information on agriculture, industry, county communities, politics and ethnics for the area.
Download or read book The History of Smith County Tennessee written by Sue Woodard Maggart and published by Curtis Media. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 815 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of the Texas Republic Annual Address Delivered Before the Historical Society of Galveston December 15 1875 written by Ashbel Smith and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delivered as an annual address before the Historical Society of Galveston in 1875, Ashbel Smith's Reminiscences of the Texas Republic offers a firsthand account of the historic period between Texas' independence from Mexico and its eventual annexation by the United States. Smith's unique perspective as a politician, doctor, and diplomat provides a fascinating glimpse into the era's political and social complexities. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Family Records of Smith County Tennessee written by F. C. Key and published by . This book was released on 198? with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Smith County Texas in the Civil War written by Vicki Betts and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abstracts of the Smith County Probate Records Smith County Texas 1846 1880 written by Andrew L. Leath and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full name of the Smith County Historical Society as given on this publication: Smith County Historical Society/Historical Commission.
