Race and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century Atlanta

Name: Race and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century Atlanta
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ISBN: 9780807848982

ISBN-10: 0807848980

ISBN-13: 9780807848982

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Reprint)

Authors: Ronald H. Bayor

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Atlanta is often cited as a prime example of a progressive New South metropolis in which blacks and whites have forged "a city too busy to hate." But Ronald Bayor argues that the city continues to bear the indelible mark of racial bias. Offering the first comprehensive history of Atlanta race relations, he discusses the impact of race on the physical and institutional development of the city from the end of the Civil War through the mayorship of Andrew Young in the 1980s. Bayor shows the extent of inequality, investigates the gap between rhetoric and reality, and presents a fresh analysis of the legacy of segregation and race relations for the American urban environment. Bayor explores…

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List price: $42.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 8/28/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Ronald H. Bayor is professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology and editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History. His books include Neighbors in Conflict: The Irish, Germans, Jews, and Italians of New York City, 1929-1941 and Fiorello La Guardia: Ethnicity and Reform.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Racial Setting



A Voteless People Is a Helpless People: Politics and Race



City Building and Racial Patterns



Race, Jobs, and Atlanta's Economy



Where the Sidewalk Ends: Urban Services and Race



Overview



"Our Children Have No Place to Play"



"Against the Public Interest": Race and Black Health Care



The Shaping of Atlanta's Police and Fire Services



Seating and Service: Mass Transit and Race



Separate and Unequal: Atlanta's Public Schools in 1934



Desegregation and Resegregation: Atlanta Schools after 1954



On Race and Cities


Notes


Bibliography


Index