Description: From the rising tide of racism and violence at the turn of the century to the civil rights movement and school integration in later decades, Wright describes the accomplishments, frustrations, and defeats suffered by the race, concluding that even in 1980 only a few blacks had actually achieved the long-sought toal of equality.
Brief description: George C. Wright is the author of Life Behind a Veil: Blacks in Louisville, Kentucky, 1865-1930 and Racial Violence in Kentucky in Kentucky, 1865-1940.