The Rise of Chicago's Black Metropolis, 1920-1929

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20005497
AutoresChristopher Robert Reed
Ano2011
Páginas271
Data de publicação2011-04-15
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoThe rise of Chicago's Black metropolis, 1920-1929 (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraUniversity of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5406/illinois/9780252036231.001.0001
OpenAlexW591183141
Open LibraryOL24881630M
ISBN9780252036231
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDf6WdTUlpPigC
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas21

During the Roaring 1920s, African Americans rapidly transformed their Chicago into a “black metropolis.” This book describes the rise of African Americans in Chicago's political economy, bringing to life the fleeting vibrancy of this dynamic period of racial consciousness and solidarity. The book 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, the book offers an unromanticized view of the entrepreneurial efforts of black migrants, reassessing previous accounts such as St. Clair Drake and Horace R. Cayton's 1945 study Black Metropolis . The book delineates a web of dynamic social forces to shed light on black businesses and the establishment of a black professional class. It draws on fictional and nonfictional accounts of the era, black community guides, mainstream and community newspapers, contemporary scholars and activists, and personal interviews

Mainstream · Media studies · Newspaper · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Solidarity · Gender Studies · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · 20th century · African americans · Chicago · Chicago (ill.) · Illinois