Take up the Black man's burden [electronic resource] : Kansas City's African American communities, 1865-1939 / Charles E. Coulter.
2006
F474.K29 N43 2006eb
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Take up the Black man's burden [electronic resource] : Kansas City's African American communities, 1865-1939 / Charles E. Coulter.
ISBN
0826216498 (hard cover : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
Language
English
Description
x, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
F474.K29 N43 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
977.8/4110496073
Summary
"Examines the people and institutions that shaped Kansas City's Black communities from the end of the Civil War until the outbreak of World War II, blending rich historical research with first-person accounts that allow participants in this historical drama to tell their own stories of struggle and accomplishment"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-334) and index.
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Table of Contents
The souls of Black folk
The world of work
Professionals, businesspeople, and others
Institutions of uplift
School, church, and health : institutions of salvation
Play : not without laughter
Housing
The challenges of the Great Depression, 1930-1939
Coda : "The weary blues"
Appendix A. G. A. Gregg's description of the Tulsa Race Riot, May 30-June 2, 1921
Appendix B. Graduates of the first Janitor Training School conducted by the Kansas City Urban League.
The world of work
Professionals, businesspeople, and others
Institutions of uplift
School, church, and health : institutions of salvation
Play : not without laughter
Housing
The challenges of the Great Depression, 1930-1939
Coda : "The weary blues"
Appendix A. G. A. Gregg's description of the Tulsa Race Riot, May 30-June 2, 1921
Appendix B. Graduates of the first Janitor Training School conducted by the Kansas City Urban League.