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The rise of Chicago's Black metropolis, 1920-1929 /Christopher Robert Reed.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780252093173
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • F548 .R574 2011
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Contents:
"The whirl of life" : the social structure -- The golden decade of Black business -- Labor : both fat and lean years -- The struggle for control over Black politics and protest -- Transformed religion and a proliferation of churches -- Cultural and aesthetic expressions.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Demography and ethos -- "The whirl of life" : the social structure -- The golden decade of Black business -- Labor : both fat and lean years -- The struggle for control over Black politics and protest -- Transformed religion and a proliferation of churches -- Cultural and aesthetic expressions.

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.

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