Forging of a Black Community Seattle's Central District from 1870 Through the Civil Rights Era

Name: Forging of a Black Community Seattle's Central District from 1870 Through the Civil Rights Era
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ISBN: 9780295973456

ISBN-10: 0295973455

ISBN-13: 9780295973456

Edition: N/A

Authors: Quintard Taylor, Norman Rice

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Through much of the twentieth century, black Seattle was synonymous with the Central District - a four-square-mile section near the geographic center of the city. Quintard Taylor explores the evolution of this community from its first few residents in the 1870s to a population of nearly forty thousand in 1970. With events such as the massive influx of rural African Americans beginning with World War II and the transformation of African American community leadership in the 1960s from an integrationist to a black power stance, Seattle both anticipates and mirrors national trends. Thus, the book addresses not only a particular city in the Pacific Northwest but also the process of political…

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List price: $16.95
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 426
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English



Illustrations


Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction Seattle: the Urban Frontier



African Americans in a Frontier City, 1860-1899



Origins and Foundations, 1860-1899



the Black Community Emerges, 1900-1940



Employment and Economics, 1900-1940



Housing, Civil Rights, and Politics, 1900-1940



Blacks and Asians in a White City, 1870-1942



the Forging of a Black Community Ethos, 1900-1940



Black Seattle in the Modern Era, 1941-1970



the Transformation of the Central District, 1941-1960



from "Freedom Now" to "Black Power," 1960-1970


Conclusion Black Seattle, Past, Present, and Future



Founding Members of the Seattle Naacp, October 23, 1913



Black Seattle: the Social Nexus



Growth of Seattle's Black Population, 1860-1990



Seattle's Minority Population, 1900-1990


Notes


Bibliography


Index