Series preface; some social networks used by ohio african americans; chapter one -- purgatory, prologue, and democracy; chapter two -- "allmen are created free and equal"; chapter three -- the legacy of solomon day; chapter four -- into the republic of letters; chapter five -- disenfranchising "darkies"; chapter six -- heavenly upheaval; chapter seven -- racial desegregation and dayton area catholic schools; chapter eight -- radio free cleveland; about the contributors; index
Summary
Democracy is a multigenerational project, a haven carved out of tyranny by the liberal and diligent application of the sharp-edge of social networks. Purgatory between Kentucky and Canada: African Americans in Ohio presents the work of several scholars who have researched the micro-tactics of ordinary people who attempted to create a little space of peace in a place that was less heavenly than some might suppose. We present histories of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ohio African America ..
