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The WPA History of the Negro in Pittsburgh.

"In the 1930s, the WPA's Federal Writers' Project provided work to thousands of unemployed writers, editors, and researchers of all races. The monumental American Guide Series featured books on stats, cities, rivers, and ethnic groups, opening an unprecedented view into the lives of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Glasco, Laurence A. (Editor ), Wright, J. Ernest (Compilador, Compiled by.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : Chicago : University of Pittsburgh Press Chicago Distribution Center [distributor] June 2004
©2004
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to the Published Volume
  • Original Table of Contents
  • The Shadow of the Plantation
  • The Negro on the Frontier
  • The Early Community, 1804-1860
  • Abolition Years
  • Civil Rights
  • The Negro Wage Worker
  • Church, School and Press
  • The Later Community
  • Folkways
  • Arts and Culture
  • The People Speak
  • Appendix 1: Memorial of Pittsburgh's Free Citizens of Color, 1837
  • Appendix 2: Lewis Woodson's "Birthday Memorandum" of 1856
  • Appendix 3: Two Poems by George B. Vashon: "Vincent Ogé" and "A Life Day"
  • Appendix 4: Transcriptions of Selected Newspaper Items.