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The other great migration, the movement of rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941, Bernadette Pruitt

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The other great migration, the movement of rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941, Bernadette Pruitt
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-429) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The other great migration
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Responsibility statement
Bernadette Pruitt
Series statement
Sam Rayburn series on rural life, no. 21
Sub title
the movement of rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941
Table Of Contents
Pulling up the stakes: the great migration to Houston, 1900-1930 -- Building a city: migrant settlements in Houston, 1900-1941 -- Beautiful people: agency in Houston, 1900-1941 -- "That was their protection and safeguard": Houston's "new Negro," 1917-1941 -- In "the Garden of Eden": the Houston Renaissance, 1900-1941 -- The black economy at work: wage earners, professionals, economic crisis, and the origins of the second great migration, 1900-1941
resource.variantTitle
The Other Great Migration: The Movement of Rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941 (Sam Rayburn Series on Rural Life)
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