In the Lion's Mouth: Black Populism in the New South, 1886-1900 (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies)

263 Pages·2010·1.81 MB·English

by  Omar H. Ali

IN THE LION’S MOUTH
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IN THE
LION’S
MOUTH
Black Populism in the New South, 1886–1900
Omar H. Ali
Foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley
University Press of Mississippi / Jackson
Margaret Walker Alexander Series
in African American Studies
www.upress.state.ms.us
The University Press of Mississippi is a member
of the Association of American University Presses.
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Manufactured in the United States of America
First printing 2010
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ali, Omar H. (Omar Hamid)
In the lion’s mouth : Black populism in the New South,
1886–1900 / Omar H. Ali ; foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley.
p. cm. — (Margaret Walker Alexander series in African
American studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-1-60473-778-3 (cloth : alk. paper) —
isbn 978-1-60473-780-6 (ebook) 1. African Americans—
Southern States—Politics and government—19th century.
2. Populism—Southern States—History—19th century.
3. Southern States—Politics and government—1865–1950.
I. Title.
E185.6.A28 2010
322.4’4097309034—dc22 2010015113
British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available
For
Dr. Jessie Fields
and
Cathy L. Stewart
Organizing the unorganized,
one person at a time
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The Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might
be fully known . . . and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
—2 TIMOTHY 4:17 (New Testament, King James Version)
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Contents
xi Foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley
xiii Preface
xvii Acknowledgments
3 Introduction
13 Chapter One
ROOTS AND EARLYDEVELOPMENT
48 Chapter Two
THE COLORED FARMERS’ALLIANCE
78 Chapter Three
ESTABLISHING THE “NEGROPARTY”
113 Chapter Four
INDEPENDENT, COALITION, AND FUSIONPOLITICS
150 Chapter Five
COLLAPSE AND AFTERMATH
168 Epilogue
177 Historiographical Essay
183 Notes
217 Bibliography
237 Index