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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782849303321

Autore

Boyd Michelle R

Titolo

Jim Crow nostalgia [[electronic resource] ] : reconstructing race in Bronzeville / / Michelle R. Boyd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8166-5645-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

305.8009773/11

305.896073077311

Soggetti

African American leadership - Illinois - Chicago - History

African Americans - Race identity - Illinois - Chicago

African Americans - Segregation - Illinois - Chicago - History

African Americans - Illinois - Chicago - Politics and government

Community life - Illinois - Chicago - History

Nostalgia - Political aspects - Illinois - Chicago

Nostalgia - Social aspects - Illinois - Chicago

Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) Politics and government

Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) Social conditions

Chicago (Ill.) Race relations

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 (p. 171-189) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Race, nostalgia, and neighborhood redevelopment -- The way we were : political accommodation and neighborhood change, 1870-1950 -- When we were colored : Black civic leadership and the birth of nostalgia, 1950-1990 -- Back to the future : marketing the race for neighborhood development -- Ties and chitlins : political legitimacy and racial authentication -- We're all in this mess together : identity and the framing of racial agendas -- Conclusion: Nostalgia and identity in the twenty-first century.

Sommario/riassunto

In the Jim Crow era of the early twentieth century, Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on the city's South Side was a major center of African American cultural vitality and a destination for thousands of Southern blacks seeking new opportunities in the North during the Great



Migration. After decades of decline, the 1980's saw several community organizations in the neighborhood collaborating on a revitalization plan called "Restoring Bronzeville," envisioning an idealized version of the neighborhood as it had thrived during segregation. Opening with a description by a Bronzeville tour guide...