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Jim Crow nostalgia : reconstructing race in Bronzeville / Michelle R. Boyd.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Boyd, Michelle R.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African American leadership--Illinois--Chicago--History.
African American leadership.
African Americans--Race identity--Illinois--Chicago.
African Americans.
African Americans--Segregation--Illinois--Chicago--History.
African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Politics and government.
Community life--Illinois--Chicago--History.
Community life.
Nostalgia--Political aspects--Illinois--Chicago.
Nostalgia.
Nostalgia--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago.
Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.)--Politics and government.
Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.).
Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.)--Social conditions.
Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations.
Chicago (Ill.).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (246 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
In the Jim Crow era of the early twentieth century, Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on the city's South Side was a major center of African American cultural vitality and a destination for thousands of Southern blacks seeking new opportunities in the North during the Great Migration. After decades of decline, the 1980's saw several community organizations in the neighborhood collaborating on a revitalization plan called "Restoring Bronzeville," envisioning an idealized version of the neighborhood as it had thrived during segregation. Opening with a description by a Bronzeville tour guide...
Contents:
Introduction: Race, nostalgia, and neighborhood redevelopment
The way we were : political accommodation and neighborhood change, 1870-1950
When we were colored : Black civic leadership and the birth of nostalgia, 1950-1990
Back to the future : marketing the race for neighborhood development
Ties and chitlins : political legitimacy and racial authentication
We're all in this mess together : identity and the framing of racial agendas
Conclusion: Nostalgia and identity in the twenty-first century.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-189) and index.
ISBN:
0-8166-5645-2
OCLC:
318218472

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