Anyplace but here
By: Arna Bontemps and Jack Conroy.
Contributors: Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
Subjects: African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964.; African Americans -- Biography.; Migration, Internal -- United States.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Originally published in 1945 as They Seek a City, this classic was revised and expanded in 1966 to include chapters on Marcus Garvey, the Black Muslims, Malcolm X, and the racial disturbances in Detroit, Chicago, and Watts. Filled with stories about real men and women who sought a new life in the North, Anyplace But Here depicts the theme of hope, undercut by disappointment, and hope renewed as it details the African American's search for a home.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-360) and index.
Originally published: They seek a city. 1966.