Knock at the Door of Opportunity : Black Migration to Chicago, 1900-1919

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Disputing the so-called ghetto studies that depicted the early part of the twentieth century as the nadir of African American society, this thoughtful volume by Christopher Robert Reed investigates black life in turn-of-the-century Chicago, revealing a vibrant community that grew and developed on Ch...

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Autor principal: Reed, Christopher Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions
Race relations.
Migration, Internal.
African Americans > Migrations.
African Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Noirs americains > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 20e siecle.
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Migrations > History > 20th century.
Migration, Internal > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
Illinois > Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Jacket Flaps; Frontispiece; Title page; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Fabric of Society; 2. Black Chicago and the Color Line; 3. The Structure of Society; 4. Housing along an Elastic Streetscape; 5. Religion and Churches; 6. Labor and Business; 7. Politics and Protest; 8. The Reuniting of a People: A Tale of Two Black Belts; 9. Employment and Political Contention; 10. Martial Ardor, the Great War, and the Race Riot of 1919; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author biography; Back Cover.

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