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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 labour issues and the struggle for control of black politics and black business, Reed offers an unromanticized view of the entrepreneurial efforts of black migrants. The exquisitely researched volume draws on fictional and nonfictional accounts of the era, black community guides, mainstream and community newspapers, contemporary scholars and activists, and personal interviews. Christopher Robert Reed is a professor emeritus of history at Roosevelt University and the author of "All the World is Here": The Black Presence at White City and The Chicago NAACP and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership, 1910-1966.

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Book category Książki po angielsku Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Rise of Chicago's Black Metropolis, 1920-1929
• Author: Christopher Robert Reed
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9780252036231
• ISBN: 0252036239
• ID: 04868287
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Weight: 614 g
• Dimensions: 166 × 243 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. April 2011

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