Defining Moments
Subtitle: African American Commemoration and Political Culture in the South, 1863-1913
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: February 23, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780807856222
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Black studies; United States - State & Local - South; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; History; Emancipation; United States; Social Science; Sociology; Central Southern states; History - General History; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Social History; Emancipation Day; African American commemorations; American South; emancipation; Reconstruction; Jim Crow; historical memory; Augusta, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina; Richmond, Virginia; Henry Turner; James Lynch; Martin Delany; Charles Hunter; African Methodist Episcopal Church; southern black political culture; Social Science / African-American Studies; Anniversaries, etc; Southern States; United States - 19th Century; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; United States - State & Local - General; 1863-1877; African Americans; Slaves
First sentence: Dramatic scenes unfolded even before the Civil War was over.