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

"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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Acesso em linha:Electronic book from JSTOR
Autor principal: Reed, Christopher Robert (Autor)
Formato: livro eletrônico
Idioma:English
Publicado em:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
coleção:Blacks in the diaspora.
Assuntos:
Sumário:
  • 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.