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- Title
Rethinking Black Urban Politics in the 1880s: The Case of William Gaston in Post-Reconstruction Alabama.
- Authors
ROBINSON, STEPHEN R.
- Abstract
The article discusses the career of African American clergyman and politician William Gaston in Huntsville, Alabama during the 1880s Post-Reconstruction era. Topics include the participation of African Americans in urban Southern politics, problems facing the Alabama Republican Party, and the creation of the Greenback-Labor movement. Also addressed are the plight of African American military veterans, attempts to create African American schools and colleges, and letters from Gaston to the newspaper "Huntsville Gazette."
- Subjects
HUNTSVILLE (Ala.); GASTON, William; ALABAMA state politics &; government, 1865-1950; AFRICAN American politicians; REPUBLICAN Party (Ala.); GREENBACK Labor Party (U.S.); AFRICAN American veterans; AFRICAN American social conditions; AFRICAN American schools; HISTORY of political parties; NINETEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Alabama Review, 2013, Vol 66, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0002-4341
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ala.2013.0003