A Black Congressman in the Age of Jim Crow: South Carolina's George Washington Murray

by John F. Marszalek

Book Overview

"Through the political biography of George W. Murray, one sees the myriad forces arrayed against southern Republicanism in the late nineteenth century and also witnesses the trials and tribulations one of the major African American political leaders faced in the quest for racial justice in the new South."--Bernard Powers, College of Charleston

Born a slave in 1850s South Carolina and elected to Congress in the 1890s, George W. Murray appeared...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813033403
• ISBN13: 9780813033402
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"