ePub Country Life in Georgia In the Days of My Youth: ALSO Addresses Before Georgia Legislature Woman's Clubs; Women's Organizations and other Noted ... of Photographs From The American Civil War. by Rebeca Latimer Felton in History

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Once one of the wealthiest cities in America; Charleston; South Carolina; established a society built on the racial hierarchies of slavery and segregation. By the 1970s; the legal structures behind these racial divisions had broken down and the wealth built upon them faded. Like many southern cities; Charleston had to construct a new public image. In this important book; Steve Estes chronicles the rise and fall of black political empowerment and examines the ways Charleston responded to the civil rights movement; embracing some changes and resisting others.Based on detailed archival research and more than fifty oral history interviews; Charleston in Black and White addresses the complex roles played not only by race but also by politics; labor relations; criminal justice; education; religion; tourism; economics; and the military in shaping a modern southern city. Despite the advances and opportunities that have come to the city since the 1960s; Charleston (like much of the South) has not fully reckoned with its troubled racial past; which still influences the present and will continue to shape the future.