Hurricane Jim Crow
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Hurricane Jim Crow
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Author : Caroline Grego
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2022-10-03
Hurricane Jim Crow written by Caroline Grego and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-03 with History categories.
On an August night in 1893, the deadliest hurricane in South Carolina history struck the Lowcountry, killing thousands—almost all African American. But the devastating storm is only the beginning of this story. The hurricane's long effects intermingled with ongoing processes of economic downturn, racial oppression, resistance, and environmental change. In the Lowcountry, the political, economic, and social conditions of Jim Crow were inextricable from its environmental dimensions. This narrative history of a monumental disaster and its aftermath uncovers how Black workers and politicians, white landowners and former enslavers, northern interlocutors and humanitarians all met on the flooded ground of the coast and fought to realize very different visions for the region's future. Through a telescoping series of narratives in which no one's actions were ever fully triumphant or utterly futile, Hurricane Jim Crow explores with nuance this painful and contradictory history and shows how environmental change, political repression, and communal traditions of resistance, survival, and care converged.
The Great Sea Islands Hurricane And Tidal Wave
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Author : Craig G. Metts
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2012-06-01
The Great Sea Islands Hurricane And Tidal Wave written by Craig G. Metts and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-01 with History categories.
On the 27th of August 1893 a hurricane struck the South Carolina and Georgia Seacoast with such a massive storm surge it created a phenomenon that was described as a “tidal wave” because it completely submerged the low lying Georgia and South Carolina Sea Islands. Over 2,000 people perished and 30,000 more saw their homes, barns, livestock and crops washed out to sea. The vast majority of victims were African-American living under the “Jim Crow” system. Their plight became engulfed in a storm of politics and charity.This well-researched book examines the storm and aftermath as well as the economics and social history of one of the worst hurricanes in US History largely unknown and a mere footnote in most history books. As an added bonus this book includes an interview and historical perspective by noted USC professor and Historian Dr. Walter Edgar.
You Bet Your Life
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Author : Spencer Christian
language : en
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Release Date : 2018-05-08
You Bet Your Life written by Spencer Christian and has been published by Post Hill Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
How Do Hurricane Katrina S Winds Blow
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Author : Liza Treadwell
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2014-03-26
How Do Hurricane Katrina S Winds Blow written by Liza Treadwell and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-26 with Social Science categories.
The disproportionate effect of Hurricane Katrina on African Americans was an outcome created by law and societal construct, not chance. This book takes a hard look at racial stratification in American today and debunks the myth that segregation is a thing of the past. An outstanding resource for students of African American history, government policy, sociology, and human rights, as well as readers interested in socioeconomics in the United States today, this book examines why the divisions between the areas heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina and those left unscathed largely coincided with the color lines in New Orleans neighborhoods; and establishes how African Americans have suffered for 400 years under an oppressive system that has created a permanent underclass of second-class citizenship. Rather than focusing on the Katrina disaster itself, the author presents significant evidence of how government policy and structure, as well as societal mores, permitted and sanctioned the dehumanization of African Americans, purposefully placing them in disaster-prone areas—particularly, those in New Orleans. The historical context is framed within the construct of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricane catastrophes in New Orleans, demonstrating that Katrina was not an anomaly. For readers unfamiliar with the ugly existence of segregation in modern-day America, this book will likely shock and outrage as it sounds a call to both citizens and government to undertake the challenges we still face as a nation.
The Great Sea Island Storm Of 1893
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Author : Bill Marscher
language : en
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Release Date : 2004
The Great Sea Island Storm Of 1893 written by Bill Marscher and has been published by Mercer University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
The Great Sea Island Storm of 1893 details human courage and perseverance in the face of the second most fatal hurricane in US history.
How Free Is Free
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Author : Leon F. Litwack
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-02-27
How Free Is Free written by Leon F. Litwack and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-27 with History categories.
This title traces continuing racial inequality and the ongoing fight for freedom for African American's in America. It tells how despite two major efforts to reconstruct race relations, injustices remain.
From Hitler To Jim Crow To Obama
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Author : ChitlinKraut
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2009-11-20
From Hitler To Jim Crow To Obama written by ChitlinKraut and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-20 with Philosophy categories.
Julian, online, I took note of an alarming number of thisisbyus writers posting horrendous and racist comments about a young Senator from Illinois, actively campaigning for President of the United States. Posting under the moniker “Gabby on the Gulf Coast” I promoted From Hitler to Jim Crow, a story about the displaced in Pensacola, my goal: write for the world and move forward the first-hand accounts about their struggles. I so wanted the world to care about the continued and unrelenting day-to-day plight of human beings who lost everything due to a hurricane. While some thisisbyus writers posted words revealing genuine concern and some provided positive feedback regarding the prose I chose there were countless others who took issue with the title, From Hitler to Jim Crow. Up to this point I never realized how many writers peddled their influence via virtual words attempting to set their plans of distraction in place against Senator Obama. Embracing a laissez-faire attitude has never been my style and I understood the price for the poor, the displaced, was too high for me to remain silent where these savvy writers were concerned. As these writers began using Hitler and his ideology in their comparisons to Senator Obama I found myself becoming increasingly insulted. Julian, I am proud to be an American, though naturalized, and using any analogy to Hitler enabled me to confront their criminal words as it became clear Senator Obama had a real shot at the White House. Conversely, Senator Hillary Clinton’s supporters became to a greater extent venomous with what I perceived to be their race-based objections used as diversions when they saw the handwriting on the wall Senator Obama was becoming the frontrunner in the race to the White House. As I held tight to my dream and goal to show the plight of the displaced in Pensacola I found myself washed into a political hurricane once other writers became more and more aware of the strength of my conviction that Senator Obama was the only logical choice for President of the United States of America.
The Big Blow
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Author : Joe R Lansdale
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-05-01
The Big Blow written by Joe R Lansdale and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-01 with categories.
Peculiar weather settles over a bustling Texas sea port, a city made prosperous off the cotton trade and thick with racial inequality. The sky above Galveston, Texas darkens to the sickly green of a healing bruise, the sea turns black, and the inhabitants of the city have no idea the force of the hammer about to drop on them. The wild wind blows boxer John McBride into town, a white prize fighter with seemingly superhuman fury and skill. As black boxer Jack L'il Arthur Johnson prepares to fight this fierce opponent, the storm closes in. If he can survive the ring and the vicious undercurrents of the Jim Crow south, L'il Arthur will still have to fight his way through the storm winds, the rising flood waters, and the violent night. On September 8th, 1900, a hurricane ripped apart Galveston, Texas, killing nearly 8,000 people and nearly obliterating the town. Lansdale's story brings dimension to many who lost their lives that day, and a few who survived.
How Do Hurricane Katrina S Winds Blow
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Author : Liza Treadwell
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2014-03-26
How Do Hurricane Katrina S Winds Blow written by Liza Treadwell and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-26 with Social Science categories.
The disproportionate effect of Hurricane Katrina on African Americans was an outcome created by law and societal construct, not chance. This book takes a hard look at racial stratification in American today and debunks the myth that segregation is a thing of the past. An outstanding resource for students of African American history, government policy, sociology, and human rights, as well as readers interested in socioeconomics in the United States today, this book examines why the divisions between the areas heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina and those left unscathed largely coincided with the color lines in New Orleans neighborhoods; and establishes how African Americans have suffered for 400 years under an oppressive system that has created a permanent underclass of second-class citizenship. Rather than focusing on the Katrina disaster itself, the author presents significant evidence of how government policy and structure, as well as societal mores, permitted and sanctioned the dehumanization of African Americans, purposefully placing them in disaster-prone areas—particularly, those in New Orleans. The historical context is framed within the construct of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricane catastrophes in New Orleans, demonstrating that Katrina was not an anomaly. For readers unfamiliar with the ugly existence of segregation in modern-day America, this book will likely shock and outrage as it sounds a call to both citizens and government to undertake the challenges we still face as a nation.
Galveston And The 1900 Storm
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Author : Patricia Bellis Bixel
language : en
Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM
Release Date : 2013-02-08
Galveston And The 1900 Storm written by Patricia Bellis Bixel and has been published by Univ of TX + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-08 with Nature categories.
Spur Award Nominee: How Galveston, Texas, reinvented itself after historic disaster: “A riveting narrative . . . Absorbing [and] well-illustrated.” —Library Journal The Galveston storm of 1900 reduced a cosmopolitan and economically vibrant city to a wreckage-strewn wasteland where survivors struggled without shelter, power, potable water, or even the means to summon help. At least 6,000 of the city's 38,000 residents died in the hurricane. Many observers predicted that Galveston would never recover and urged that the island be abandoned. Instead, the citizens of Galveston seized the opportunity, not just to rebuild, but to reinvent the city in a thoughtful, intentional way that reformed its government, gave women a larger role in its public life, and made it less vulnerable to future storms and flooding. This extensively illustrated history tells the full story of the 1900 Storm and its long-term effects. The authors draw on survivors’ accounts to vividly recreate the storm and its aftermath. They describe the work of local relief agencies, aided by Clara Barton and the American Red Cross, and show how their short-term efforts grew into lasting reforms. At the same time, the authors reveal that not all Galvestonians benefited from the city’s rebirth, as African Americans found themselves increasingly shut out from civic participation by Jim Crow segregation laws. As the centennial of the 1900 Storm prompts remembrance and reassessment, this complete account will be essential and fascinating reading for all who seek to understand Galveston’s destruction and rebirth. Runner-up, Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction—Contemporary, Western Writers Of America