In the Lion's Mouth - Black Populism in the New South, 1886-1900

Following the collapse of Reconstruction in 1877, African Americans organised a movement in the US South for economic and political reform: Black Populism. Between 1886 and 1900, tens of thousands of black farmers, sharecroppers, and agrarian workers created their own organisations and tactics primarily under black leadership. The movement's legacy remains as the largest independent black political movement until the rise of the modern civil rights movement.

About the author

Omar H. Ali is associate professor of African American history at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. A graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, he received his Ph.D. in History from Columbia University and is author of In the Balance of Power: Independent Black Politics and Third Party Movements in the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Omar H. Ali
• Publisher: University Press Of Mississippi
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.12.2012
• EAN: 9781617037153
• ISBN: 978-1-61703-715-3
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 455 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories