From slavery to public life -- The 1890 election: success and failure -- White Republicans but one Black victory -- Congressman -- The congressman runs for reelection -- Fighting Constitutional disfranchisement -- Reaction to disfranchisement -- Political Nadir -- Economic success and political failure -- On trial -- In Chicago and on tour -- Conclusion -- Appendix: late nineteenth-century South Carolina Republican leaders
Summary
Through the political biography of George W. Murray, one sees the myriad forces arrayed against southern Republicanism in the late nineteenth century and also witnesses the trials and tribulations one of the major African American political leaders faced in the quest for racial justice in the new South
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-203) and index
