Take up the Black man's burden : Kansas City's African American communities 1865-1939 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Coulter, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1954- author.
Edition:	First paperback printing, 2016.
Imprint:	Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2016. ©2006
Description:	x, 345 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	African Americans -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History. African Americans -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Social conditions. African American neighborhoods -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History. African American neighborhoods. African Americans. African Americans -- Social conditions. Race relations. Social conditions. Kansas City (Mo.) -- Race relations -- History. Kansas City (Mo.) -- Social conditions. Missouri -- Kansas City. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11004238

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ISBN:	0826221122 9780826221124
Notes:	Originally published: University of Missouri Press, 2006. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Examines the people and institutions that shaped Kansas City's Black communities from the end of the Civil War until the outbreak of World War II, blending rich historical research with first-person accounts that allow participants in this historical drama to tell their own stories of struggle and accomplishment.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction. "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
1. The Souls of BlacK Folk
2. The World of Work
3. Professionals, Businesspeople, and Others
4. Institutions of Uplift
5. School, Church, and Health: Institutions of Salvation
6. Play; Not without Laughter
7. Housing
8. The Challenges of the Great Depression, 1930-1 939
9. Coda: "The Weary Blues"
Appendix A. G. A. Gregg's Description of the Tulsa Race Riot, May 30-June 2, 1921
Appendix B. Graduates of the First Janitor Training School Conducted by the Kansas City Urban League
Bibliography
Index

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