Take up the Black man's burden
Subtitle: Kansas City's African American communities, 1865-1939
By: Charles E. Coulter.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780826216496
Subjects: African Americans -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History.; African Americans -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Social conditions.; African American neighborhoods -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History.; Kansas City (Mo.) -- Race relations -- History.; Kansas City (Mo.) -- Social conditions.
Description: "Examines the people and institutions that shaped Kansas City's Black communities from the end of the Civil War until the outbreak of World War II, blending rich historical research with first-person accounts that allow participants in this historical drama to tell their own stories of struggle and accomplishment"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The souls of Black folk; title: The world of work; title: Professionals, businesspeople, and others; title: Institutions of uplift; title: School, church, and health : institutions of salvation; title: Play : not without laughter; title: Housing; title: The challenges of the Great Depression, 1930-1939; title: Coda : "The weary blues"; title: Appendix A. G. A. Gregg's description of the Tulsa Race Riot, May 30\-June 2, 1921; title: Appendix B. Graduates of the first Janitor Training School conducted by the Kansas City Urban League.