Reminiscences Of An Active Life

Author : John Roy Lynch
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496800419
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reminiscences of an Active Life written by John Roy Lynch and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into slavery on a Louisiana plantation, John Roy Lynch (1847–1939) came to adulthood during the Reconstruction Era and lived a public-spirited life for over three decades. His political career began in 1869 with his appointment as justice of the peace. Within the year, he was elected to the Mississippi legislature and was later elected Speaker of the House. At age twenty-five, Lynch became the first African American from Mississippi to be elected to the United States Congress. He led the fight to secure passage of the Civil Rights Bill of 1875. In 1884, he was elected temporary chairman of the Eighth Republican National Convention and was the first black American to deliver the keynote address. His autobiography, Reminiscences of an Active Life, reflects Lynch's thoughtful and nuanced understanding of the past and of his own experience. The book, written when he was ninety, challenges a number of traditional arguments about Reconstruction. In his experience, African Americans in the South competed on an equal basis with whites; the state governments were responsive to the needs of the people; and race was not always a decisive factor in the politics of Reconstruction. The autobiography, which would not be published until 1970, provides rich material for the study of American politics and race relations during Reconstruction. It sheds light on presidential patronage, congressional deals, and personality conflicts among national political figures. Lynch's childhood reflections reveal new dimensions to our understanding of black experience during slavery and beyond. An introduction by John Hope Franklin puts Lynch's public and private lives in the context of his times and provides an overview of how Reminiscences of an Active Life came to be written.

Author : Sara Agnes Rice Pryor
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Day: Reminiscences of a Long Life written by Sara Agnes Rice Pryor and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-23 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an autobiography written by Sara Agnes Rice Pryor. She was an American writer and community activist in New York City. Born and reared in Virginia, she moved North after the American Civil War with her husband and family to rebuild their life. He was a former politician and Confederate general; together they became influential in New York society, which included numerous "Confederate carpetbaggers" after the war. After settling in New York, she and her husband both later renounced the Confederacy.

Author : Vincent Nolte
Publisher : New York : Redfield
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres, Or, Reminiscences of the Life of a Former Merchant written by Vincent Nolte and published by New York : Redfield. This book was released on 1854 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vincent NOLTE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 498 pages
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Download or read book Fifty Years in both Hemispheres; or, Reminiscences of a Merchant's Life. ... Translated from the German written by Vincent NOLTE and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vincent Otto Nolte
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fifty years in both hemispheres, or, Reminiscences of the life of a former merchant. Tr. from the Germ written by Vincent Otto Nolte and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Davison Rockefeller
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
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Download or read book Random Reminiscences of Men and Events written by John Davison Rockefeller and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ari Berman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374600228
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minority Rule written by Ari Berman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting account of the decades-long effort by reactionary white conservatives to undermine democracy and entrench their power—and the movement to stop them. The mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, represented an extreme form of the central danger facing American democracy today: a blatant disregard for the will of the majority. But this crisis didn’t begin or end with Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Through voter suppression, election subversion, gerrymandering, dark money, the takeover of the courts, and the whitewashing of history, reactionary white conservatives have strategically entrenched power in the face of a massive demographic and political shift. Ari Berman charts these efforts with sweeping historical research and incisive on-the-ground reporting, chronicling how a wide range of antidemocratic tactics interact with profound structural inequalities in institutions like the Electoral College, the Senate, and the Supreme Court to threaten the survival of representative government in America. “The will of the people,” wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1801, “is the only legitimate foundation of any government.” But that foundation is crumbling. Some counter-majoritarian measures were deliberately built into the Constitution, which was designed in part to benefit a small propertied upper class, but they have metastasized to a degree that the Founding Fathers could never have anticipated, undermining the very notion of “a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.” Chilling and revelatory, Minority Rule exposes the long history of the conflict between white supremacy and multiracial democracy that has reached a fever pitch today—while also telling the inspiring story of resistance to these regressive efforts.

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Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 814 pages
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Download or read book Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2008-10-03 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 provides a comprehensive history of the more than 120 African Americans who have served in the United States Congress from 1870 through 2007. Individual profiles are introduced by contextual essays that explain major events in congressional and U.S. history. Illustrated with many portraits, photographs, and charts. House Document 108-224. 3d edition. Edited by Matthew Wasniewski. Paperback edition. Questions that are answered include: How many African Americans have served in the U.S. Congress? How did Reconstruction, the Great Migration, and the post-World War II civil rights movement affect black Members of Congress? Who was the first African American to chair a congressional committee? Read about: Pioneers who overcame racial barriers, such as Oscar De Priest of Illinois, the first African American elected to Congress in the 20th century, and Shirley Chisholm of New York, the first black CongresswomanMasters of institutional politics, such as Augustus "Gus" Hawkins of California, Louis Stokes of Ohio, and Julian Dixon of CaliforniaNotables such as Civil War hero Robert Smalls of South Carolina, civil rights champion Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., of New York, and constitutional scholar Barbara Jordan of TexasAnd many more. Black Americans in Congress also includes: Pictures-including rarely seen historical images-of each African American who has served in CongressBibliographies and references to manuscript collections for each MemberStatistical graphs and chartsA comprehensive index Other related products: African Americans resources collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/african-americans Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-071-01418-7 Women in Congress, 1917-2006 --Hardcover format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-070-07480-9 United States Congressional Serial Set, Serial No. 14903, House Document No. 223, Women in Congress, 1917-2006 is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/552-108-00040-0 Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 --Print Hardcover format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-071-01563-9 --Print Paperback format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-071-01567-1 --ePub format available for Free download is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-300-00008-8 --MOBI format is available for Free download here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-300-00010-0

Author : Elizabeth Sturge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
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Download or read book Reminiscences of My Life and Some Account of the Children of William and Charlotte Sturge and of the Sturge Family of Bristol written by Elizabeth Sturge and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nathaniel Tuthill Hubbard
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385378214
Total Pages : 266 pages
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Download or read book Autobiography of N.T. Hubbard. With Personal Reminiscences of New York City from 1789 to 1875 written by Nathaniel Tuthill Hubbard and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-14 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.