Fair Treatment? African-American Presence at International Expositions in the South, 1884 - 1902

The South hosted four major international expositions between 1884 and 1902 in New Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville, and Charleston. African Americans were granted a surprisingly high level of recognition at these fairs given their status as second-class citizens, and the rise of Jim Crow, disfranchisement, and racial violence during this time period. This study examines the details of African-American presence and representation at each of these fairs and how the changing state of race relations in the South at the turn of the century influenced interactions between blacks and whites at the expositions.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Cromwell, Sara S.

• African American

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/30396

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/30396