The Depression comes to the South Side : protest and politics in the Black metropolis, 1930-1933 /

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"In the 1920s, the South Side was looked on as the new Black Metropolis, but by the turn of the decade that vision was already in decline -- a victim of the Depression. In this timely book, Christopher Robert Reed explores early Depression-era politics on Chicago's South Side. The economic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reed, Christopher Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
Series:Blacks in the diaspora.
Subjects:
1900 - 1999
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Politics and government > 20th century.
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Depressions > 1929 > Social aspects > Illinois > Chicago.
Political science.
Noirs américains > Illinois > Chicago > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Illinois > Chicago > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Crises économiques > 1929 > Aspect social > Illinois > Chicago.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Politics and government.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Depressions > Social aspects.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Administration > 20e siècle.
Illinois > Chicago.
Illinois > Chicago > South Chicago.
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Electronic book.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The impact of the Depression on home life, institutions, and organizations
  • The ineffectiveness of conventional politics
  • Protest activism in the streets : an alternative to conventional politics
  • Organized protest responses, from militant to revolutionary : the NAACP and the Communist Party
  • Organized efforts in behalf of civil rights
  • Cultural stirrings and conclusion.

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