From Slavery to Civil Rights
The history of Louisiana from slavery until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shows that unique influences within the state were responsible for a distinctive political and social culture. In New Orleans, the most populous city in the state, this was reflected in the conflict that arose on segregated str...
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| author | McLaughlin-Stonham, Hilary |
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| description | The history of Louisiana from slavery until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shows that unique influences within the state were responsible for a distinctive political and social culture. In New Orleans, the most populous city in the state, this was reflected in the conflict that arose on segregated streetcars that ran throughout the crescent city.
This study chronologically surveys segregation on the streetcars from the antebellum period in which black stereotypes and justification for segregation were formed. It follows the political and social motivation for segregation through reconstruction to the integration of the streetcars and the white resistance in the 1950s while examining the changing political and social climate that evolved over the segregation era. It considers the shifting nature of white supremacy that took hold in New Orleans after the Civil War and how this came to be played out daily, in public, on the streetcars. The paternalistic nature of white supremacy is considered and how this was gradually replaced with an unassailable white supremacist atmosphere that often restricted the actions of whites, as well as blacks, and the effect that this had on urban transport.
Streetcars became the 'theatres' for black resistance throughout the era and this survey considers the symbolic part they played in civil rights up to the present day. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-269302025-06-11T05:14:05Z From Slavery to Civil Rights McLaughlin-Stonham, Hilary streetcars African American civil rights white supremacy New Orleans thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1K The Americas::1KB North America (USA and Canada)::1KBB United States of America, USA thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas The history of Louisiana from slavery until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shows that unique influences within the state were responsible for a distinctive political and social culture. In New Orleans, the most populous city in the state, this was reflected in the conflict that arose on segregated streetcars that ran throughout the crescent city. This study chronologically surveys segregation on the streetcars from the antebellum period in which black stereotypes and justification for segregation were formed. It follows the political and social motivation for segregation through reconstruction to the integration of the streetcars and the white resistance in the 1950s while examining the changing political and social climate that evolved over the segregation era. It considers the shifting nature of white supremacy that took hold in New Orleans after the Civil War and how this came to be played out daily, in public, on the streetcars. The paternalistic nature of white supremacy is considered and how this was gradually replaced with an unassailable white supremacist atmosphere that often restricted the actions of whites, as well as blacks, and the effect that this had on urban transport. Streetcars became the 'theatres' for black resistance throughout the era and this survey considers the symbolic part they played in civil rights up to the present day. 2021-02-10T13:07:58Z 2021-02-10T13:07:58Z 2020-09-04T10:08:46Z 2020 book OCN: 1195553626 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41579 9781789622249 9781800348554 9781800348554 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26930 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41579/1/Mc%20Laughlin-Stonham_9781789622584_web.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41579/1/Mc%20Laughlin-Stonham_9781789622584_web.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41579/1/Mc%20Laughlin-Stonham_9781789622584_web.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41579/1/Mc%20Laughlin-Stonham_9781789622584_web.pdf Liverpool University Press aa5f0a3b-b4a0-4754-9840-b645b364c5ef 9781789622249 9781800348554 9781800348554 272 open access |
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| title | From Slavery to Civil Rights |
| title_full | From Slavery to Civil Rights |
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| title_short | From Slavery to Civil Rights |
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