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River Jordan : African American urban life in the Ohio Valley /
Since the nineteenth century, the Ohio River has represented a great divide for African Americans. It marked the passage to freedom along the underground railroad, and during the Industrial age it was a boundary between the Jim Crow South and the urban North. Consequently, the Ohio became known as t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
©1998.
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| Colección: | Ohio River Valley series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Since the nineteenth century, the Ohio River has represented a great divide for African Americans. It marked the passage to freedom along the underground railroad, and during the Industrial age it was a boundary between the Jim Crow South and the urban North. Consequently, the Ohio became known as the "River Jordan," symbolizing the path to the promised land. Beginning with the arrival of the first blacks in the Ohio Valley, Trotter traces the development of African American urban centers through the civil rights movement. River Jordan broadens our understanding of the black experience in the United States and illuminates the impact of the Ohio River in the context of the larger American story. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 200 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-193) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813149097 0813149096 |