...This chapter examines Black fife and drum music and Black political organizing in Tennessee in 1872–77. Although the Constitution of 1870 imposed a poll tax, it proved to not make much of a difference in Black people voting or running for office. Indeed, Blacks voting and running for office became...

... strengthened him. Finally, it looks at Alexander’s active involvement in African American social and political organizations as well as white professional organizations. Alexander Ellen Alexander Hillard Boone Alexander James Alexander Raymond Pace Alexander Samuel Alexander Virginia Pace mother Gregg...