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Athens of the West: African American Associational Life in Lawrence, Kansas, 1861-1948
dc.contributor.advisor | Alexander, Shawn L | |
dc.contributor.author | Fowler, Paul E., III | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-15T03:02:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-15T03:02:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-08-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:14951 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/24171 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
dc.format.extent | 85 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | Copyright held by the author. | |
dc.subject | African American studies | |
dc.subject | American history | |
dc.subject | Black history | |
dc.subject | African American organizations | |
dc.subject | Black Kansans | |
dc.subject | Free State | |
dc.subject | Kansas race relations | |
dc.subject | Literary societies | |
dc.subject | Racial politics | |
dc.title | Athens of the West: African American Associational Life in Lawrence, Kansas, 1861-1948 | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Lang, Clarence E | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Roediger, David | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | African/African-American Studies | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
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dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |