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Explores libertarian columnist & author Rose Wilder Lane's promotion of laissez-faire ideas while writing for the Pittsburgh Courier, the largest black newspaper in the US, 1930s-1940s. Discussion begins with detailed historical background on Lane, noting her support of the Old Right & shift into libertarianism as well as her start with the Courier. Attention is given to Lane's joining of the laissze-faire perspective with antiracism in writing, direct action experience, her termination from the Courier, & Lane's work during the last two decades of her life.

Explores the ideals of liberty, individualism, & self-reliance expressed in the writings of three daughters of the frontier: Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), Rose Wilder Lane (188601968), & Isabel Paterson (1886-1961). These women were champions of individualism & small government during the New Deal & World War II when there was great faith in big government. They independently arrived at similar conclusions on race, economics, war, & the growth of the state. They all also believed the US was the best representative of the ideals of liberty & opportunity. An overview of the early lives of each woman is followed by a comparison of life experiences & philosophies that helps to explain the close parallels between them. Attention is given to the renunciation of racial distinctions, collectivism, & communism in their writings, as well as their joint belief that the New Deal welfare state had undermined self-help & shackled the poor to the caprices of government. It is concluded that the insights of these three authors have proved to be amazingly predictive. References. J. Lindroth

Under the burden of Jim Crow, how did African Americans obtain health care? For nearly 40 years the Afro-American Hospital of Yazoo City, Mississippi, was a leading health care supplier for blacks in the Mississippi Delta. It was founded in 1928 by the Afro-American Sons and Daughters, a black fraternal society, and provided a wide range of medical services. The society, which eventually had 35,000 members, was led by Thomas J. Huddleston, a prosperous black entrepreneur and advocate of Booker T. Washington's self-help philosophy. The hospital had a low death rate compared to other hospitals that served blacks in the South during the period. It ceased operation in 1966 as a fraternal entity after years of increasingly burdensome regulation, competitive pressure from government and third-party health care alternatives, and the migration of younger dues-paying blacks to the North.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Toward a Rebirth of Civil Society -- Part 1. Building the Voluntary City -- 2. Laissez-Faire Urban Planning -- 3. The Private Places of St. Louis: Urban Infrastructure through Private Planning -- 4. The Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: The Turnpike Companies of Early America -- 5. Entrepreneurial City Planning: Chicago's Central Manufacturing District -- Part 2. Law and Social Services in the Voluntary City -- 6. Justice without Government: The Merchant Courts of Medieval Europe and Their Modern Counterparts -- 7. The Private Provision of Police during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- 8. "This Enormous Army": The Mutual-Aid Tradition of American Fraternal Societies before the Twentieth Century -- 9. Medical Care through Mutual Aid: The Friendly Societies of Great Britain -- 10. Education in the Voluntary City -- Part 3. The Voluntary City and Community -- 11. Proprietary Communities and Community Associations -- 12. Contractual Governments in Theory and Practice -- 13. Privatizing the Neighborhood: A Proposal to Replace Zoning with Private Collective Property Rights to Existing Neighborhoods -- 14. The Case for Land Lease Versus Subdivision Homeowners' Associations Reconsidered -- Part 4. Epilogue -- 15. Market Challenges and Government Failure: Lessons from the Voluntary City -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.

"T. R. M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer tells the remarkable story of one of the early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. A renaissance man, T. R. M. Howard (1908-1976) was a respected surgeon, important black community leader, and successful businessman. Howard's story reveals the importance of the black middle class, their endurance and entrepreneurship in the midst of Jim Crow, and their critical role in the early Civil Rights Movement. In this powerful biography, David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito shine a light on the life and accomplishments of this civil rights leader. Howard founded black community organizations, organized civil rights rallies and boycotts, mentored Medgar Evers, antagonized the Ku Klux Klan, and helped lead the fight for justice for Emmett Till. Raised in poverty and witness to racial violence from a young age, Howard was passionate about justice and equality. Ambitious, zealous, and sometimes paradoxical, Howard provides a complete portrait of an important leader all too often forgotten"--

This collection examines the classical liberal perspective within the professional study of history. The contributors investigate the origins and development of the classical liberal approach, argue for its revival within academia, and analyze its relevance to such topics as economics, civil liberties, feminism, and civil rights.