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Black protest and the great migration : a brief history with documents
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Documents taken from newspapers, periodicals, journals, and trade publications that highlight a variety of perspectives related to the Great Migration of African Americans from southern to northern...
Documents taken from newspapers, periodicals, journals, and trade publications that highlight a variety of perspectives related to the Great Migration of African Americans from southern to northern states during the World War I era.
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- Creator
- Eric Arnesen
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2003]
- ©2003
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 0312391293, 9780312391294
- OCLC
- ocm51099552
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212) and index.
- pt. 1. Introduction: "The Great American protest" -- Origins of the Great Migration -- Wartime opportunities in the North -- The Promised land? -- Wartime Black leaders, the New Negro, and grassroots politics -- Racial violence and the postwar reaction to Black activism -- Consequences of the Migration -- pt. 2. The Documents -- The Great Migration begins -- Why they left: conditions in the South -- White Southerners respond to the Migration -- Southern Black's warnings about Migration -- Letters from Migrants -- Truth about the North" -- The East St. Louis riot -- The Evolution of Black politics -- Patriotism and military service -- The Emergence of the New Negro during and after the war -- Black women, protest, and the Suffrage -- Black workers and the wartime home front -- Black men and the labor question -- Black women and the war -- Opportunities and obstacles in the postwar era -- An Uncertain future -- 1919 riots -- The Elaine Massacre -- Postwar migration -- Heading South? or Coming North? -- Building a new life in the North -- The New Negro and the Harlem Renaissance
Subjects
- African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964.
- African Americans -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
- Rural-urban migration -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Sources.
- Protest movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
- United States -- Race relations -- Sources.