The other great migration : the movement of rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941 /
The twentieth century has seen two great waves of African American migration from rural areas into the city, changing not only the country's demographics but also Black culture. In her thorough study of migration to Houston, the author portrays the move from rural to urban homes in Jim Crow Hou...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
[2013]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Sam Rayburn series on rural life ;
no. 21. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Pulling up the stakes : the great migration to Houston, 1900-1930
- Building a city : migrant settlements in Houston, 1900-1941
- Beautiful people : agency in Houston, 1900-1941
- "That was their protection and safeguard" : Houston's "new Negro," 1917-1941
- In "the Garden of Eden" : the Houston Renaissance, 1900-1941
- The Black economy at work : wage earners, professionals, economic crisis, and the origins of the second great migration, 1900-1941
- Conclusion : new beginnings, new institutions, new migrations.
