Download or read book Crafting Lives written by Catherine W. Bishir and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the colonial period onward, black artisans in southern cities--thousands of free and enslaved carpenters, coopers, dressmakers, blacksmiths, saddlers, shoemakers, bricklayers, shipwrights, cabinetmakers, tailors, and others--played vital roles in their communities. Yet only a very few black craftspeople have gained popular and scholarly attention. Catherine W. Bishir remedies this oversight by offering an in-depth portrayal of urban African American artisans in the small but important port city of New Bern. In so doing, she highlights the community's often unrecognized importance in the history of nineteenth-century black life. Drawing upon myriad sources, Bishir brings to life men and women who employed their trade skills, sense of purpose, and community relationships to work for liberty and self-sufficiency, to establish and protect their families, and to assume leadership in churches and associations and in New Bern's dynamic political life during and after the Civil War. Focusing on their words and actions, Crafting Lives provides a new understanding of urban southern black artisans' unique place in the larger picture of American artisan identity.

Download or read book Gender and Jim Crow written by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glenda Gilmore recovers the rich nuances of southern political history by placing black women at its center. She explores the pivotal and interconnected roles played by gender and race in North Carolina politics from the period immediately preceding the disfranchisement of black men in 1900 to the time black and white women gained the vote in 1920. Gender and Jim Crow argues that the ideology of white supremacy embodied in the Jim Crow laws of the turn of the century profoundly reordered society and that within this environment, black women crafted an enduring tradition of political activism. According to Gilmore, a generation of educated African American women emerged in the 1890s to become, in effect, diplomats to the white community after the disfranchisement of their husbands, brothers, and fathers. Using the lives of African American women to tell the larger story, Gilmore chronicles black women's political strategies, their feminism, and their efforts to forge political ties with white women. Her analysis highlights the active role played by women of both races in the political process and in the emergence of southern progressivism. In addition, Gilmore illuminates the manipulation of concepts of gender by white supremacists and shows how this rhetoric changed once women, black and white, gained the vote.

Download or read book Gender and Jim Crow Second Edition written by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-01-09 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic work helps recover the central role of black women in the political history of the Jim Crow era. Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore explores the pivotal and interconnected roles played by gender and race in North Carolina politics from the period immediately preceding the disfranchisement of black men in 1900 to the time black and white women gained the vote in 1920. Gilmore argues that while the ideology of white supremacy reordered Jim Crow society, a generation of educated black women nevertheless crafted an enduring tradition of political activism. In effect, these women served as diplomats to the white community after the disfranchisement of their husbands, brothers, and fathers. Gilmore also reveals how black women's feminism created opportunities to forge political ties with white women, helping to create a foundation for the emergence of southern progressivism. In addition, Gender and Jim Crow illuminates the manipulation of concepts of gender by white supremacists and shows how this rhetoric changed once women, black and white, gained the vote.

Download or read book A History of New Bern and Craven County written by Alan D. Watson and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Chas Emerson Co s Newbern Directory written by Charles Emerson & Company 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: This is a directory of the city of Newbern, North Carolina, published by Charles Emerson & Co. It contains a wealth of information about the city, including its history, government, businesses, and residents. The book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of Newbern, or for those looking for information on its current residents and businesses. 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 New Bern History 101 written by Edward Barnes Ellis and published by McBryde Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Entertaining, funny, highly readable..." Here's what you'll discover in New Bern History 101: -Why New Bern bears stick out their tongues.-Once and for all, what a Palatine is.-Where all the local Indians went.-The Richard Dobbs Spaight “autopsy.” -How New Bern and sideburns are connected.-The ghost Baron DeGraffenried saw.-The “explosive” cabbage of Tryon Palace.-How Pepsi's inventor lost his company.-Why and how the Yankees took New Bern.-The local treasures unearthed in Venezuela.

Download or read book Chas Emerson Co s Newbern Directory 1880 81 written by Charles Emerson Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chas; Emerson Co's Newbern Directory, 1880-'81: Being a Complete Index to the Residents of the City; Also, a Classified Business Directory Historical Sketch of Newbern. Index Introduction Population Post Office Secret and Benevolent Societies. Street Directory Superior Courts - 1880 United States Courts Advertisements. Allen Geo Co Rack (fover Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad 3ack Pastor Central Hotel 140 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 158 Dailv Nutshell. 144 Detrick John 38 Draney P M.. 12 16 Follett A Front. Paster Gaston House 14 Green 85 Stevenson 140 Indiana 139 Jones W T Front Paster 124 National Hotel. 14 Newbern Academy 140 Newbern Democrat. 12 Newbern Military Institute 124 Newhernian 144 Phillips W S. Front Cover Redmond James Salter 140 Stimson D Front Cover Watson Street 13 Warden John H Front Paster ivillis Joe K Front Pastor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Live Your Own Life written by Mary Bayard Clarke and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters from family members reveal the depth of their anger, and Clarke's own words illustrate the difficulties of living as the spouse of a scalawag in the Reconstruction South."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Boston Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New York Historical Society Quarterly written by New-York Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Boston Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 1594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The New York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin written by New-York Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The New England Business Directory and Gazetteer written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rand McNally Bankers Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1905-07 with total page 1704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Boston Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 1522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The New International Year Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: