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Title:
Strangers in the land of paradise : the creation of an African American community, Buffalo, New York, 1900-1940
Author:
Williams, Lillian Serece.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1999]

©1999
Physical Description:
xvii, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Summary:
Strangers in the Land of Paradise discusses the creation of an African American community as a distinct cultural entity. It describes values and institutions that the Black migrant population brought with them from the South, as well as those that evolved as a result of their interaction with Blacks native to the city and the city itself. Through an examination of work, family, community organizations, and political actions, Lillian Williams explores the process by which the migrants adapted to their new environment, "--Page 4 of cover.
Language:
English
Contents:
Blacks in twentieth-century Buffalo: structural development -- Blacks organize to improve their status: institutional development.
ISBN:
9780253335524

9780253214089
Format :
Book