The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland

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The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland engages in an important conversation about race relations in the twentieth century and significantly extends the historical narrative of the Civil Rights Movement. The essays in this collection examine instances of racial and gender oppression in the American heartlandwhich is conceived of here as having a specific cultural significance which resists diversityin the twentieth century, instances which have often been ignored or overshadowed in typical historical narratives. The contributors explore the intersections of suffrage, race relations, and cultural histories, and add to an ongoing dialogue about representations of race and gender within the context of regional and national narratives

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A thoughtful and extensive exploration of connections between the suffrage movement and the Civil Rights movement, The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow is a welcome contribution to college library American History and Sociology collections. * Midwest Book Review *
The American Heartland just got biggerthe essays collected in this volume take intersectional approaches to race, gender, sexuality, and politics to expand our view on lives and cultures in the Midwest. -- Sherrie Tucker, University of Kansas

Author Bio

DaMaris B. Hill is assistant professor of English and African American and Africana studies at the University of Kentucky.