African Americans and the Election of 1896, Reviewing Omeka, and Stephen Berry on DH for Grad Students
Over three decades removed from emancipation, in 1896 African-Americans began to move out of virtually one-party allegiance toward the Republican Party and consider allying themselves with the Democratic Party. Why? I am studying African-Americans’ role in the election of 1896, because I want to find out who supported William Jennings Bryan and why, in order to understand African-Americans’ relationship to populism and the Democratic Party of the 19th century. That cartoon, on the whole, makes a lot of sense, right?…
