A history of Fort Worth in black & white 165 years of African-American life / [electronic resource] :
by Richard Selcer.
- Edition: first.
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2015.
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The antebellum and Civil War years (1849-1865) -- Reconstruction and city beginnings (1865-1879) -- A growing sense of identity (1880-1900) -- The world of Jim Crow (turn-of-the-century through the 1920s) -- World War I: Jim Crow comes marching home (1917-1919) -- Jim Crow rules! -- The depression, or, old man Trinity just keeps on rollin' along -- World War II: a different kind of 'two-front' war -- Jim Crow in retreat: the early civil rights years -- Jim Crow, R.I.P.: the later civil rights years -- The race is not always to the swift (the 1960s-today) -- A few conclusions -- Side-bars -- Hagar Tucker -- William M. McDonald -- Hiram McGar -- Jeff Daggett -- Enoch Jackson -- Lonnell Cooper -- Isaiah M. Terrell -- Hazel Harvey Peace -- Calvin Littlejohn -- Reby Cary -- Lenora Rolla -- Endnotes.
9781574416305
African Americans--Texas--Fort Worth.
Fort Worth (Tex.)--Social conditions--21st century. Fort Worth (Tex.)--Social conditions--20th century. Fort Worth (Tex.)--Social conditions--19th century.