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Pages: 290
Pages: 290
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-15 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press
During the Roaring '20s, African Americans rapidly transformed their Chicago into a "black metropolis." In this book, Christopher Robert Reed describes the rise
Language: en
Pages: 410
Pages: 410
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-06 - Publisher: SIU Press
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
Language: en
Pages: 206
Pages: 206
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-05 - Publisher: Indiana University Press
“Incorporate[s] microhistories and multiple biographies into a broader understanding of a community as complex and iconic as black Chicago.” —Journal of A
Language: en
Pages: 941
Pages: 941
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-10 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Ground-breaking when first published in 1945, Black Metropolis remains a landmark study of race and urban life. Few studies since have been able to match its sc
Language: en
Pages: 419
Pages: 419
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-10 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press
From Jean Baptiste Point DuSable to Oprah Winfrey, black entrepreneurship has helped define Chicago. Robert E. Weems Jr. and Jason P. Chambers curate a collecti