The Rise of Chicago's Black Metropolis, 1920-1929
In this book, Christopher Robert Reed describes the rise of Chicago's black metropolis of the 1920s, bringing to life the fleeting vibrancy of this dynamic period of racial consciousness and solidarity. Reed shows how African Americans rapidly transformed Chicago and achieved political and economic recognition by building on the massive population growth after the Great Migration from the South, the entry of a significant working class into the city's industrial work force, and the proliferation of black churches. Mapping out the labor issues and the struggle for control of black politics and black business, Reed offers an unromanticized view…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-252-09317-3
- EAN: 9780252093173
- Produktnummer: 20438790
- Verlag: University of Illinois Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'726 KB
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