African American life and culture in Orange Mound : case study of a black community in Memphis, Tennessee, 1890-1980 /

Founded in 1890, Orange Mound, a predominantly African American community located in Shelby County Tennessee and five-miles east of downtown Memphis, is one of the oldest residential communities in the United States built exclusively for African Americans. Originally, African American Life and Cultu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Charles, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013]
Temas:
African Americans > Tennessee > Orange Mound > History.
African Americans.
Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Orange Mound (Memphis, Tenn.) > History.
Orange Mound (Memphis, Tenn.) > Social conditions.
Memphis (Tenn.) > History.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Social conditions.
Tennessee > Memphis.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the problem
  • The deadericks
  • The historical Orange Mound community
  • The Black family : patterns of integration and disintegration
  • Key institutions
  • The black schools of Orange Mound
  • Orange Mound within the larger context of Memphis
  • Race and the politics of place
  • A victim of its own success : the demise of a historical black community
  • Conclusion : community change, persistence and policy implications.

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