Life for Us Is What We Make It Building Black Community in Detroit, 1915-1945

Name: Life for Us Is What We Make It Building Black Community in Detroit, 1915-1945
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ISBN: 9780253359902

ISBN-10: 0253359902

ISBN-13: 9780253359902

Edition: 1992

Authors: Richard W. Thomas

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Book details

List price: $65.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 8/22/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 388
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Preface


Acknowledgments



Early Struggles and Community Building



The Demand for Black Labor, Migration, and the Emerging Black Industrial Working Class, 1915-1930



The Role of the Detroit Urban League in the Community Building Process, 1916-1945



Weathering the Storm



Racial Discrimination in Industrial Detroit: Preparing the Ground for Community Social Consciousness



Social Consciousness and Self-Help: The Heart and Soul of Community Building



Protest and Politics: Emerging Forms of Community Empowerment



Conflicting Strategies of Black Community Building: Unionization vs. Ford Corporate Paternalism, 1936-1941


Epilogue


Notes


Sources


Index