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03399aam a2200421 i 4500 001 9EFADC046B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 131126s2014 ilua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2013036578 020 $a 0809333333 (hardback) 020 $a 9780809333332 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)864676512 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-il 050 00 $a F548.9.N4 R4445 2014 082 00 $a 305.896/073077311 $2 23 084 $a SOC001000 $a HIS036090 $a SOC001000 $2 bisacsh 100 10 $a Reed, Christopher Robert. $e author. 245 10 $a Knock at the door of opportunity : $b Black migration to Chicago, 1900-1919 / $c Christopher Robert Reed. 264 1 $a Carbondale : $b Southern Illinois University Press, $c [2014] 300 $a xiv, 390 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "Disputing the so-called ghetto studies that depicted the early part of the twentieth century as the nadir of African American society, this thoughtful volume by Christopher Robert Reed investigates black life in turn-of-the-century Chicago, revealing a vibrant community that grew and developed on Chicago's South Side in the early 1900s. Reed also explores the impact of the fifty thousand black southerners who streamed into the city during the Great Migration of 1916-1918, effectively doubling Chicago's African American population. Those already residing in Chicago's black neighborhoods had a lot in common with those who migrated, Reed demonstrates, and the two groups became unified, building a broad community base able to face discrimination and prejudice while contributing to Chicago's growth and development. Reed not only explains how Chicago's African Americans openly competed with white people for jobs, housing and an independent political voice but also examines the structure of the society migrants entered and helped shame. Other topics include South Side housing, black politics and protest, the role of institutionalized religion, the economic aspects of African American life, the push for citizenship rights and political power for African Americans, and the impact of World War I and the race riot of 1919. The first comprehensive exploration of black life in turn-of-the-century Chicago beyond the mold of a ghetto perspective, this revealing work demonstrates how the melding of migrants and residents allowed for the building of a Black Metropolis in the 1920s"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a African Americans $z Chicago $z Chicago $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Migration, Internal $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Chicago (Ill.) $x History $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Chicago (Ill.) $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI). $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214012753.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826094156.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9EFADC046B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search