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Robert R. Church Jr. and the African American Political Struggle
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7448430Robert R. Church Jr. and the African American Political Strugglehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/robert-r--church-jr--and-the-african-american-political-struggle-9780813072425/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/277391/1c087b52-b072-4e2e-9f98-21c15a573b65.jpg?v=638914258851470000459483MXNUniversity Press of FloridaInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc., C. Calvin Smith Book Award</strong></p><p>?</p><p>This volume highlights the little-known story of Robert R. Church Jr., the most prominent black Republican of the 1920s and 1930s. Tracing Churchs lifelong crusade to make race an important part of the national political conversation, Darius Young reveals how Church was critical to the formative years of the civil rights struggle.</p><p>?</p><p>A member of the black elite in Memphis, Tennessee, Church was a banker, political mobilizer, and civil rights advocate who worked to create opportunities for the black community despite the notorious Democrat E. H. Boss Crumps hold over Memphis politics. Spurred by the belief that the vote was the most pragmatic path to full citizenship in the United States, Church founded the Lincoln League of America, which advocated for the interests of black voters in over thirty states. He was instrumental in establishing the NAACP throughout the South as it investigated various incidents of racial violence in the Mississippi Delta. At the height of his influence, Church served as an advisor for Presidents Harding and Coolidge, generating greater participation of and recognition for African Americans in the Republican Party.</p><p>?</p><p>Churchs life and career offer a window into the incremental, behind-the-scenes victories of black voters and leaders during the Jim Crow era that set the foundation for the more nationally visible civil rights movement to follow.</p><p>?</p><p>?</p><p><strong>Publication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.</strong></p>...933081Robert R. Church Jr. and the African American Political Struggle459483https://www.gandhi.com.mx/robert-r--church-jr--and-the-african-american-political-struggle-9780813072425/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/277391/1c087b52-b072-4e2e-9f98-21c15a573b65.jpg?v=638914258851470000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20229780813072425_W3siaWQiOiI4ZGRhYWI1ZC0yM2JhLTQ5MzUtOWMwMy0wMzNjMzY4N2MwY2QiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjQ4MywiZGlzY291bnQiOjI0LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjQ1OSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDgtMjFUMjM6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA5LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiJmOTMwYWEzZi03YzgxLTQyZmUtODc0ZC0yYTIzNjdkNDNjMjAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjQ2NSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjIzLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjQ0MiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMTAtMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780813072425_<p><strong>Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc., C. Calvin Smith Book Award</strong></p><p>?</p><p>This volume highlights the little-known story of Robert R. Church Jr., the most prominent black Republican of the 1920s and 1930s. Tracing Churchs lifelong crusade to make race an important part of the national political conversation, Darius Young reveals how Church was critical to the formative years of the civil rights struggle.</p><p>?</p><p>A member of the black elite in Memphis, Tennessee, Church was a banker, political mobilizer, and civil rights advocate who worked to create opportunities for the black community despite the notorious Democrat E. H. Boss Crumps hold over Memphis politics. Spurred by the belief that the vote was the most pragmatic path to full citizenship in the United States, Church founded the Lincoln League of America, which advocated for the interests of black voters in over thirty states. He was instrumental in establishing the NAACP throughout the South as it investigated various incidents of racial violence in the Mississippi Delta. At the height of his influence, Church served as an advisor for Presidents Harding and Coolidge, generating greater participation of and recognition for African Americans in the Republican Party.</p><p>?</p><p>Churchs life and career offer a window into the incremental, behind-the-scenes victories of black voters and leaders during the Jim Crow era that set the foundation for the more nationally visible civil rights movement to follow.</p><p>?</p><p>?</p><p><strong>Publication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.</strong></p>...9780813072425_University Press of Floridalibro_electonico_9780813072425_9780813072425Darius J.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-b4775bb0-2d47-439f-9cd2-6d6df8d45a03.epub2022-04-12T00:00:00+00:00University Press of Florida