The African-American history of Nashville, Tennessee, 1780-1930
Subtitle: elites and dilemmas
By: Bobby L. Lovett.
Series: Black community studies
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Fayetteville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: African Americans -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- History.; Nashville (Tenn.) -- History.; Nashville (Tenn.) -- Race relations.
Description: "Bobby L. Lovett presents a complex analysis of black experience in Nashville during the years between 1780 and 1930, exploring the impact of civil rights, education, politics, religion, business, and neighborhood development on a particular African-American community. This study of black Nashville examines lives lived within a web of shifting alliances and interests - the choices made, the difficulties overcome."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-299) and index.