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Athens of the West: African American Associational Life in Lawrence, Kansas, 1861-1948
Fowler, Paul E., III
Fowler, Paul E., III
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This study highlights the various organizations and strategies used by African Americans in a small semi-rural town to resist the institutionalized racism faced in their daily lives. The work argues that the "Free State" Myth was never a reality for thousands of the residents of Kansas. Lawrence is the focus of this study as a representative Black community in Kansas and a place where the culture and politics of African Americans throughout the country was transplanted in the wake of multiple migrations.
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2016-08-31
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University of Kansas
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African American studies, American history, Black history, African American organizations, Black Kansans, Free State, Kansas race relations, Literary societies, Racial politics