The Depression comes to the South Side : protest and politics in the Black metropolis, 1930-1933 / Christopher Robert Reed.

The Depression comes to the South Side : protest and politics in the Black metropolis, 1930-1933 / Christopher Robert Reed.

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"In the 1920s, the South Side was looked on as the new Black Metropolis, but by the turn of the decade that vision was already in decline -- a victim of the Depression. In this timely book, Christopher Robert Reed explores early Depression-era politics on Chicago's South Side. The economic...

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:Electronic book from JSTOR
Main Author: Reed, Christopher Robert (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
Series:Blacks in the diaspora.
Subjects:
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Politics and government > 20th century.
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Depressions > 1929 > Social aspects > Illinois > Chicago.
Political science.
South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • The impact of the Depression on home life, institutions, and organizations
  • The ineffectiveness of conventional politics
  • Protest activism in the streets : an alternative to conventional politics
  • Organized protest responses, from militant to revolutionary : the NAACP and the Communist Party
  • Organized efforts in behalf of civil rights
  • Cultural stirrings and conclusion.

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