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Race Man : the rise and fall of the "fighting editor," John Mitchell, Jr. /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander, Ann Field, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Mitchell, John, > 1863-1929.
African Americans > Biography.
African American political activists > Biography.
African American politicians > Virginia > Richmond > Biography.
Newspaper editors > Virginia > Richmond > Biography.
African American newspapers > Virginia > Richmond > History.
African Americans > Civil rights > Virginia > Richmond > History.
Civil rights movements > Virginia > Richmond > History.
Richmond (Va.) > Race relations.
Richmond (Va.) > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • The making of a "colored gentleman"
  • "Colored teachers for colored schools"
  • Founding the Planet
  • "Lynch law must go!"
  • A manly protest
  • The politics of Jackson Ward
  • "No officers, no fight!"
  • Disfranchisement
  • "Did God call the pastor?"
  • Jim Crow and race pride
  • The lure of fraternalism
  • "A sane and sensible businessman"
  • The perils of prosperity
  • Collapse
  • Epilogue.