African American state volunteers in the New South : race, masculinity, and the militia in Georgia, Texas, and Virginia, 1871-1906 / John Patrick Blair.

"In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, a turbulent period fraught with violence, struggle, and uncertainty, a forgotten few African Americans banded together as men to assert their rights as citizens. Following emancipation, the nation's newest citizens established churches, entered the polit...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Prairie View A & M University series.
Main Author: Blair, John Patrick, 1960- (Author)
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Prairie View A & M University series.
Subjects:
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > African American troops.
African American soldiers > Georgia > History.
African American soldiers > Texas > History.
African American soldiers > Virginia > History.
United States > Militia > African Americans > History.
Southern States > Race relations.
African American soldiers.
Race relations.
Georgia.
Southern States.
Texas.
United States.
Virginia.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xv, 308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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