Life for us is what we make it : building Black community in Detroit, 1915-1945
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Life for us is what we make it : building Black community in Detroit, 1915-1945
(Blacks in the diaspora)
Indiana University Press, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-357) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"Thomas's ground-breaking study should occupy a central place in the literature of American urban history." -Choice
" . . . path-breaking . . . a fine community study . . . " -Journal of American Studies
"Thomas's work is essential reading . . . succeeds in providing a bridge of information on the social, political, legal, and economic development of the Detroit black community between the turn of the century and 1945." -Michigan Historical Review
The black community in Detroit developed into one of the major centers of black progress. Richard Thomas traces the building of this community from its roots in the 19th century, through the key period 1915-1945, by focusing on how industrial workers, ministers, politicians, business leaders, youth, and community activists contributed to the process.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
One Early Struggles and Community Building
Two The Demand for Black Labor, Migration, and the Emerging Black Industrial Working Class, 1915-1930
Three The Role of the Detroit Urban League in the Community Building Process, 1916-1945
Fourt Weathering the Storm
Five Racial Discrimination in Industrial Detroit: Preparing the Ground for Community Social Consciousness
Six Social Consciousness and Self-Helf: The Heart and Soul of Community Building
Seven Protest and Politics: Emerging Forms of Community Empowerment
Eight Conflicting Strategies of Black Community Building: Unionization vs. Ford Corporate Paternalism, 1936-1941
Epilogue
Notes
Sources
Index
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