Green, William D. (William Davis), 1950- author.
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
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• Spanning the half-century after the Civil War, Degrees of Freedom draws a rare picture of black experience in a northern state and of black discontent and action within a predominantly white, ostensibly progressive society. William D. Green reveals little-known historical characters among the black men and women who moved to Minnesota following the Fifteenth Amendment worked as farmhands and laborers built communities, businesses, and a newspaper and embodied the slow but inexorable advancement of race relations in the state over time — Publisher description.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• When America came to St. Paul — Maurice Jernigan takes a stand — On becoming a good Republican — The sons of freedom — Mr. Douglass and the civilizable characteristics of the colored race — Senate Bill No. 181 — A certain class of citizens — Professor Washington, leader of the race — The renaissance of the cakewalk — Wheaton and McGhee : a tale of two leaders — The election of J. Frank Wheaton — A call to action — A defining moment for McGhee — After St. Paul, Niagara — The legacy.

Subjects:

• African Americans — Civil rights — Minnesota — History.
• Civil rights movements — Minnesota — History.
• African Americans — Minnesota — History.
• Minnesota — Race relations — History.
• African Americans. fast (OCoLC)fst00799558
• African Americans — Civil rights. fast (OCoLC)fst00799575
• Civil rights movements. fast (OCoLC)fst00862708
• Race relations. fast (OCoLC)fst01086509
• Minnesota. fast (OCoLC)fst01204560
• History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628

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