Way Up North in Louisville : African American Migration in the Urban South, 1930-1970 /

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In the wake of World War II, when roughly half the black population left the South seeking greater opportunity and freedom in the North and West, the same desire often anchored African Americans to the South. Adams offers a powerful reinterpretation of the modern civil rights movement and of the tra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, Luther (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rural-urban migration.
Migration, Internal.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Migrations.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Exode rural > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Migration interieure > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Kentucky > Louisville > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Kentucky > Louisville > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Kentucky > Louisville > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Kentucky > Louisville > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Rural-urban migration > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Migration, Internal > Southern States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Migrations > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Kentucky > Louisville > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Kentucky > Louisville > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Kentucky > Louisville > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Kentucky > Louisville > History > 20th century.
Southern States.
Kentucky > Louisville.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In the wake of World War II, when roughly half the black population left the South seeking greater opportunity and freedom in the North and West, the same desire often anchored African Americans to the South. Adams offers a powerful reinterpretation of the modern civil rights movement and of the transformations in black urban life within the contexts of migration, work, and urban renewal.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781469603865

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