| The Chicago NAACP and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership, 1910-1966 Contributor(s): Reed, Christopher Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 025333313X ISBN-13: 9780253333131 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1997 Annotation: ..". the definitive history not only of the Chicago National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) but of the city's black middle class as well." -- Journal of American History ..". a candid portrait of the Chicago branch of the NAACP, one of the association's most important chapters.... It also offers a revealing window onto a half-century of race relations in Chicago." -- Chicago Tribune Evolving through six decades of white resistance, black indifference and internal group struggle, the Chicago NAACP was affected both adversely and positively by two world wars, national depression, the Cold War conflict and growing class differentiation among African Americans. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - State & Local - General - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 97009017 |
| Lexile Measure: 1550 |
| Series: Blacks in the Diaspora (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.34" W x 9.3" (1.17 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Illinois |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: . . . the definitive history not only of the Chicago National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) but of the city's black middle class as well. --Journal of American History . . . a candid portrait of the Chicago branch of the NAACP, one of the association's most important chapters. . . . It also offers a revealing window onto a half-century of race relations in Chicago. --Chicago Tribune Evolving through six decades of white resistance, black indifference and internal group struggle, the Chicago NAACP was affected both adversely and positively by two world wars, national depression, the Cold War conflict and growing class differentiation among African Americans. |