America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy
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- Synopsis
- The remarkable story of how African Americans transformed Atlanta, the former heart of the Confederacy, into today&’s Black mecca Atlanta is home to some of America&’s most prominent Black politicians, artists, businesses, and HBCUs. Yet, in 1861, Atlanta was a final contender to be the capital of the Confederacy. Sixty years later, long after the Civil War, it was the Ku Klux Klan&’s sacred &“Imperial City.&” America&’s Black Capital chronicles how a center of Black excellence emerged amid virulent expressions of white nationalism, as African Americans pushed back against Confederate ideology to create an extraordinary locus of achievement. What drove them, historian Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar shows, was the belief that Black uplift would be best advanced by forging Black institutions. America&’s Black Capital is an inspiring story of Black achievement against all odds, with effects that reached far beyond Georgia, shaping the nation&’s popular culture, public policy, and politics.
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 544 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781541602007
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781541601994
- Publisher:
- Basic Books
- Date of Addition:
- 02/27/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.