Historical Roots of the Urban Crisis
Subtitle: African Americans in the Industrial City, 1900-1950 (Crosscurrents in African American History (Garland Publishing))
Contributors: Henry Louis Taylor Jr. (Editor); Walter Hill (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: July 24, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780815327493
Subjects: History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Multicultural studies; United States - 20th Century; Social Science; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; United States - General; To 1964; Black American Sociology; U.S. Urban Politics And Problems; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; Government - State & Provincial; History / General; African Americans; Social conditions; United States; 20th century; City and town life; Economic conditions; History
First sentence: W.E.B. Du Bois, in a classic essay written in 1903, outlined his vision of the role the black college educated elite should play in the struggle of African Americans.