Race and the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition of 1895

Author/Contributor(s):	Perdue, Theda
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	10/01/2011
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The Cotton States Exposition of 1895 was a world's fair in Atlanta held to stimulate foreign and domestic trade for a region in an economic depression. Theda Perdue uses the exposition to examine the competing agendas of white supremacist organizers and the peoples of color who participated.