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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457553003321

Autore

Reed Christopher Robert

Titolo

The Depression comes to the South Side [[electronic resource] ] : protest and politics in the Black metropolis, 1930-1933 / / Christopher Robert Reed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-280-59646-5

9786613626295

0-253-00552-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Blacks in the diaspora

Disciplina

323.1196/073077311

Soggetti

African Americans - Illinois - Chicago - Politics and government - 20th century

African Americans - Illinois - Chicago - Social conditions - 20th century

African Americans - Civil rights - Illinois - Chicago - History - 20th century

Depressions - 1929 - Social aspects - Illinois - Chicago

Electronic books.

South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.) Politics and government 20th century

South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.) Social conditions 20th century

Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government 20th century

Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The impact of the Depression on home life, institutions, and organizations -- The ineffectiveness of conventional politics -- Protest activism in the streets : an alternative to conventional politics -- Organized protest responses, from militant to revolutionary : the NAACP and the Communist Party -- Organized efforts in behalf of civil rights -- Cultural stirrings and conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

In the 1920's, the South Side was looked on as the new Black Metropolis, but by the turn of the decade that vision was already in decline-a victim of the Depression. In this timely book, Christopher



Robert Reed explores early Depression-era politics on Chicago's South Side. The economic crisis caused diverse responses from groups in the black community, distinguished by their political ideologies and stated goals. Some favored government intervention, others reform of social services. Some found expression in mass street demonstrations, militant advocacy of expanded civil rights, or revolution