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Author:

Kimble, Lionel, Jr., 1973- author.

Title:

A new deal for Bronzeville : housing, employment, & civil rights in Black Chicago, 1935-1955 / Lionel Kimble Jr.

Publisher:

Southern Illinois University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xi, 200 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Subject:

African Americans--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
African Americans--Chicago--Chicago--Social conditions--20th century.
African Americans--History--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index.

Contents:

"Black belts are an insult to us": equal housing and contested liberalism during the depression -- Poor but not poverty stricken: equal employment campaigns in 1930s Chicago -- Housing the soldiers of the home front -- "The greatest Negro victory since the Civil War": fair employment policy during World War II -- From foxholes to ratholes: struggles for postwar housing -- "Picket lines were the front lines for democracy": Black veterans' labor activism in post-World War II Chicago.

ISBN:

0809334267 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780809334261 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)895301755

LCCN:

2015002884

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)