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The Depression comes to the South Side : protest and politics in the Black metropolis, 1930-1933 / Christopher Robert Reed.
Van Pelt Library F548.9.N4 R444 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reed, Christopher Robert.
- Series:
- Blacks in the diaspora
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Politics and government--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions--20th century.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- Depressions--1929--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago.
- Depressions.
- Social aspects.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- History.
- Social conditions.
- Politics and government.
- South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.)--Politics and government--20th century.
- South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.).
- South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- An account of the consequences of a failing economy for the residents of Chicago's South Side during the early years of the Great Depression Book jacket.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253356529
- 0253356520
- OCLC:
- 696100048
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