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Steven Hahn’s *A Nation Under Our Feet* charts the political evolution of African‑Americans in the rural South over six decades after slavery. By emphasizing kinship ties, labor organization, and communication networks, Hahn shows how rural blacks became central actors in the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the nation’s democratic development. The book explores the quest for self‑governance, the rise of local leadership, and the building, defense, and rebirth of political communities. Hahn also links early rural struggles to later urban movements such as Garveyism, illustrating a continuity of black political consciousness and the emerging battles for civil rights. The work offers a new framework for understanding twentieth‑century black political identity, from biracial electoral alliances to social separatism and migration. It presents a compelling, historically grounded portrait of an African‑American political nation under construction throughout the latter part of the twentieth century.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Steven Hahn
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