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Contested terrain : African American women migrate from the South to Cincinnati, Ohio, 1900-1950 / Beverly A. Bunch-Lyons.
Van Pelt Library F499.C59 N423 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bunch-Lyons, Beverly A.
- Series:
- Crosscurrents in African American history
- Crosscurrents in African-American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women--Ohio--Cincinnati--History--20th century.
- African American women.
- African American women--Ohio--Cincinnati--Social conditions--20th century.
- African Americans--Migrations--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Rural-urban migration--United States--History--20th century.
- Rural-urban migration.
- History.
- African Americans--Migrations.
- Social conditions.
- Cincinnati (Ohio)--History--20th century.
- Cincinnati (Ohio).
- Cincinnati (Ohio)--Social conditions--20th century.
- United States.
- Ohio--Cincinnati.
- Physical Description:
- x, 170 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2002.
- Contents:
- 1 "Quitting the South": Profiles of African-American Women Who Left 9
- 2 "Mean Man Blues": Violence as Impetus for Migration 23
- 3 "The Work We've Done": African-American Women's Employment Activities 43
- 4 "They Say the Schools Are Better up There": A Decent Education for My Children 67
- 5 "The Sacred and the Secular": Religious and Social Activities of Migrant Women 89
- 6 "Cincinnati Was No Promised Land": Life in the Queen City 107.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-161) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415932262
- OCLC:
- 47785660
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