num_pages: 262
description: William Grimshaw offers an insider's chronicle of the tangled relationship between the black community and the Chicago Democratic machine from its Great Depression origins to 1991. What emerges is a myth-busting account not of a monolithic organization but of several distinct party regimes, each with a unique relationship to black voters and leaders.
language: English
title: Bitter Fruit: Black Politics and the Chicago Machine, 1931-1991
titlecomplete: Bitter Fruit: Black Politics and the Chicago Machine, 1931-1991 (New Edition)
genres: History
ratings_count: 21
publisher: University of Chicago Press