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Auteur(s) : Reed, Christopher Robert (1942-....)
Titre(s) : Knock at the door of opportunity [Texte imprimé] : Black migration to Chicago, 1900-1919 / Christopher Robert Reed
Publication : Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, cop. 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-390 p.) : Ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"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 Chicago's South Side in the early 1900s. Reed
also explores the impact of the fifty thousand black southerners who streamed into
the city during the Great Migration of 1916-1918, effectively doubling Chicago's African
American population. Those already residing in Chicago's black neighborhoods had a
lot in common with those who migrated, Reed demonstrates, and the two groups became
unified, building a broad community base able to face discrimination and prejudice
while contributing to Chicago's growth and development. Reed not only explains how
Chicago's African Americans openly competed with white people for jobs, housing and
an independent political voice but also examines the structure of the society migrants
entered and helped shame. Other topics include South Side housing, black politics
and protest, the role of institutionalized religion, the economic aspects of African
American life, the push for citizenship rights and political power for African Americans,
and the impact of World War I and the race riot of 1919. The first comprehensive exploration
of black life in turn-of-the-century Chicago beyond the mold of a ghetto perspective,
this revealing work demonstrates how the melding of migrants and residents allowed
for the building of a Black Metropolis in the 1920s"
Sujet(s) : Noirs américains -- Migrations -- Chicago (Ill., États-Unis) -- 1900-1945
Noirs américains -- Conditions sociales -- Chicago (Ill., États-Unis) -- 1900-1945
Émigration et immigration -- Chicago (Ill., États-Unis) -- 1900-1945
Relations interethniques -- Chicago (Ill., États-Unis) -- 1900-1945
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780809333332 (hardback). - ISBN 0809333333 (hardback). - ISBN 9780809333349
(erroné) (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43773032w
Notice n° :
FRBNF43773032
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