Race and Class Friction in North Carolina Neighborhoods: How Campaigns for Residential Segregation Law Divided Middling and Elite Whites in Winston-Salem and North Carolina's Countryside, 1912-1915.

The article discusses the impact that social class had on campaigns for residential segregation laws based on race in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and in rural North Carolina from 1912 through 1915. An overview of the role that the insecurity of middling, or middle, class whites near Winston-Salem...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Southern History Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 531 - 573
Autor principal:	HERBIN-TRIANT, ELIZABETH A.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Southern Historical Association Aug2017
Materias:	Race discrimination in housing Social classes Housing discrimination laws Middle class Rural Americans African American housing White people Twentieth century History Attitude (Psychology) African American history Race relations Winston-Salem (N.C.) United States
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Sumario:	The article discusses the impact that social class had on campaigns for residential segregation laws based on race in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and in rural North Carolina from 1912 through 1915. An overview of the role that the insecurity of middling, or middle, class whites near Winston-Salem played in their support for legislation legalizing discrimination against African Americans in housing, including in comparison with elites in rural areas of the state, is provided.