Roses in December

Black Life in Hanover County from Civil War to Civil Rights

Jody Lynn Allen

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University of Virginia Press
31 January 2025

Regional & national history; History of the Americas

Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series

The inspiring chronicle of a Black community in Virginia fighting for civil rights over the course of a pivotal century

Roses in December is a story of strength, courage, and beauty found in difficult times and the most challenging of circumstances. Beginning in the era of Reconstruction and ending with desegregation, Jody Lynn Allen chronicles the lives of newly freed people and their descendants in Hanover County, Virginia, providing an unprecedented look at rural Black Virginians’ resilience after disfranchisement. In the century between 1865 and 1965, Black residents of Hanover County embraced liberty as they organized for education, employment, and religious freedom, and built a community that flourished in the face of white retrenchment and day-to-day oppression. In this at times poignant, at times funny, and always powerful book, Allen’s attention to local, community level history offers an overlooked yet vital perspective of the civil rights movement in the rural South.

By: Jody Lynn Allen
Imprint: University of Virginia Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
ISBN: 9780813952499
ISBN 10: 0813952492
Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 31 January 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jody Lynn Allen is Assistant Professor of History and Robert Francis Engs Director of the Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation at the College of William & Mary.