Bridges of memory
Subtitle: Chicago's first wave of Black migration
By: Timuel D. Black Jr. ; with forewords by John Hope Franklin and Studs Terkel.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 616
Subjects: African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews; African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century; Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography; Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations
Genres: Interviews.; Biography.
Description: Provides oral histories based on interviews with 36 black Chicagoans who were affected by the great migration of southern blacks to the North during World War II. Reveals the history of Bronzeville, Chicago's black South Side community. Captures memories of the children, the adversities they faced and their strategies to overcome and hardships they endured in Chicago.
Notes: Includes index.