Race and Renaissance : African Americans in Pittsburgh since World War II.
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- 9780822977551
- 305.896/073074886
- F159
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. War, Politics, and the Creation of the Black Community -- 2. New Migrations, Renaissance I, and the Challenge to Jim Crow -- 3. Pittsburgh's Modern Black Freedom Movement -- 4. In the Shadows of Renaissance II -- 5. Toward the New Century: Forging Their Own Renaissance -- Appendix: Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Race and Renaissance presents the first history of African American life in Pittsburgh after World War II. It examines the origins and significance of the second Great Migration, the persistence of Jim Crow into the postwar years, the second ghetto, the contemporary urban crisis, the civil rights and Black Power movements, and the Million Man and Million Woman marches, among other topics.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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