Title: AlabamaNorth : African-American migrants, community, and working-class activism in Cleveland, 1915-45 /
Authors: Phillips, Kimberley L. 1960-
Publisher: University of Illinois Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: African Americans Ohio Cleveland Economic conditions.; African Americans Ohio Cleveland Social conditions.; Working class Ohio Cleveland Economic conditions.; Working class Ohio Cleveland Social conditions.; African Americans Southern States Economic conditions.; African Americans Southern States Social conditions.; Labor movement Ohio Cleveland History; Migration, Internal Ohio Cleveland History; Migration, Internal Southern States History
Contents: Introduction: "Militancy and courage" in Alabamanorth: African-American migrants and the crossroads of southern Black culture -- "Pins north": the routes of African-American migration to Cleveland -- Encountering work: African-American workers' experiences in the Cleveland labor market, 1915-29 -- African-American workers and organized labor, 1915-30 -- New world in the city: making homes in Cleveland -- "Alabamanorth": a community of Southerners -- "The future is yours:" African-American workers, militancy, and the "Don't buy where you can't work" campaign in the 1930s -- "The plight of Negro workers": federal initiatives and African-American working-class militancy during World War II -- Conclusion: We will make a way somehow -- Notes -- Index.