We Ask Only a Fair Trial: A History of the Black Community of Evansville, Indiana

Author/Contributor(s):	Bigham, Darrel E
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Date:	01/22/1987
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Despite its growth as an industrial center, Evansville remained heavily influenced by the virulent racism of its antebellum past. Bigham traces the devlopment of a black community, focusing on the origin and nature of the obstacles to equal opportunity. He reveals, however, that black Evansvillians built a richly variegated subculture, relying heavily on their own resources, and occasional assistance from sympathetic whites.