Life Behind a Veil: Blacks in Louisville, Kentucky, 1865-1930

by George C. Wright

Book Overview

In the period between the Civil War and the Great Depression, Louisville, Kentucky was host to what George C. Wright calls a polite form of racism. There were no lynchings or race riots, and to a great extent, Louisville blacks escaped the harsh violence that was a fact of life for blacks in the Deep South. Furthermore, black Louisvillians consistently enjoyed and exercised an oft-contested but never effectively retracted enfranchisement. However,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807130567
• ISBN13: 9780807130568
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"