Schirmer, Sherry Lamb.

A City Divided : The Racial Landscape of Kansas City, 1900-1960. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (275 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction : With Race in Mind -- 1. Social Status and the Control of Urban Space -- 2. Setting Boundaries: The Emergence of Jim Crow, 1900-1920 -- 3. The Webwork of Race, Status, and Gender, 1900-1920 -- 4. Racial Geography: Partitioning Kansas City in the 1920s -- 5. Under Quarantine: The Social Meaning of Race in the 1920s -- 6. Magician's Tricks: Black Activism and White Response, 1920-1940 -- 7. "Truth Is Fatal": The Civil Rights Activists, Black and White -- 8. Expedient Fears: Leadership and the Politics of Denial, 1950-1958 -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Kansas City (Mo.)-Race relations.
Kansas City (Mo.)-Social conditions-20th century.


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