| Race and the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition of 1895 Subjects: Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century; Racism -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta Ga.); African Americans -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Indians of North America -; 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. THEDA PERDUE is a professor of history at the University of Kentucky. She is the author or editor of eight books, including The Cherokee and Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society, 1540-1866. |