| Alabamanorth: African-American Migrants, Community, and Working-Class Activism in Cleveland, 1915-45 Contributor(s): Phillips, Kimberley L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252067932 ISBN-13: 9780252067938 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $26.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: Langston Hughes called it "a great dark tide from the South": the unprecedented influx of blacks into Cleveland that gave the city the nickname "Alabama North." This remarkable study reveals the breadth of working-class black experiences and activities in Cleveland and the extent to which these were shaped by traditions and values brought from the South. Kimberley Phillips shows how migrants established complex networks of kin and Mends and infused the city with a highly visible southern African-American culture. She examines the wide variety of organizations black working-class migrants created and demonstrates how they prepared the way for new forms of individual and collective activism in workplaces and the city. Giving special consideration to the employment patterns and experiences of working-class black women in Cleveland, AlabamaNorth reveals how migrants' expressions of tradition and community gave them a new consciousness of themselves as organized workers in the urban North and created the underpinning for new forms of black labor activism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - State & Local - General - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 977.132 |
| LCCN: 98-58128 |
| Series: Working Class in American History (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.02" W x 9.02" (1.14 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - Midwest - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |
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| Publisher Description: Langston Hughes called it "a great dark tide from the South" the unprecedented influx of blacks into Cleveland that gave the city the nickname "Alabama North." Kimberley L. Phillips reveals the breadth of working class black experiences and activities in Cleveland and the extent to which these were shaped by traditions and values brought from the South. Migrants' moves north established complex networks of kin and friends and infused Cleveland with a highly visible southern African American culture. Phillips examines the variety of black fraternal, benevolent, social, and church-based organizations that working class migrants created and demonstrates how these groups prepared the way for new forms of individual and collective activism in workplaces and the city. Giving special consideration to the experiences of working class black women, AlabamaNorth reveals how migrants' expressions of tradition and community gave them a new consciousness of themselves as organized workers and created the underpinning for new forms of black labor activism. |