Life for us is what we make it : building Black community in Detroit, 1915-1945 /

"The process of black community building was not smooth or free of conflict. There was much trial and error and more than a little rancor between its chief builders and benefactors. Notwithstanding those impediments, by 1945 the black community in Detroit had developed into one of the major cen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas, Richard Walter, 1939- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1992.
Colección:Blacks in the diaspora.
Temas:
Detroit > Mich.
1900-1999
African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Michigan > Detroit > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
African Americans
Schwarze
Geschichte (1915-1945)
Detroit (Mich.) > History.
Michigan > Detroit
Detroit, Mich.
Schwärze
African Americans > History > 20th century > Michigan > Detroit
Detroit (Mich.) > History
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Early Struggles and Community Building
  • 2. The Demand for Black Labor, Migration, and the Emerging Black Industrial Working Class, 1915-1930
  • 3. The Role of the Detroit Urban League in the Community Building Process, 1916-1945
  • 4. Weathering the Storm
  • 5. Racial Discrimination in Industrial Detroit: Preparing the Ground for Community Social Consciousness
  • 6. Social Consciousness and Self-Help: The Heart and Soul of Community Building
  • 7. Protest and Politics: Emerging Forms of Community Empowerment
  • 8. Conflicting Strategies of Black Community Building: Unionization vs. Ford Corporate Paternalism, 1936-1941.

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