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Pittsburgh and the Urban League Movement : a century of social service and activism / Joe William Trotter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trotter, Joe William, Jr., 1945- author.
- Series:
- Civil rights and the struggle for black equality in the twentieth century.
- Kentucky scholarship online.
- Civil rights and the struggle for black equality in the twentieth century
- Kentucky scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Societies, etc.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Social conditions.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History.
- Working class--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History--20th century.
- Working class.
- Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Race relations--History.
- Pittsburgh (Pa.).
- Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Social conditions.
- Urban League of Pittsburgh.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2021.
- Summary:
- During the Great Migration, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became a mecca for African Americans seeking better job opportunities, wages, and living conditions. The city's thriving economy and vibrant social and cultural scenes inspired dreams of prosperity and a new start, but this urban haven was not free of discrimination and despair. In the face of injustice, activists formed the Urban League of Pittsburgh (ULP) in 1918 to combat prejudice and support the city's growing African American population. In this broad-ranging history, Joe William Trotter Jr uses this noteworthy branch of the National Urban League to provide new insights into an organization that has often faced criticism for its social programmes' deep class and gender limitations.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Founding and early history
- Quest for jobs and housing
- Promise and limits
- Part 2. The Depression and World War II
- Surviving the Depression
- Establishing a new social service regime
- Part 3. The modern black freedom movement and beyond
- Combating inequality in the postwar city
- Navigating civil rights and Black Power struggles
- Confronting decline and facilitating renaissance
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 9, 2021).
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-7992-0
- 0-8131-7993-9
- OCLC:
- 1159809838
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