Lord, Please Don't Take Me in August - African-Americans in Newport and Saratoga Springs, 1870-1930

Documents the experiences of African Americans in Saratoga Springs, New York, and Newport, Rhode Island - towns that provided a recurring season of expanded employment opportunities, enhanced social life, cosmopolitan experience, and, in a good year, enough money to last through the winter.

Summary

Documents the experiences of African Americans in Saratoga Springs, New York, and Newport, Rhode Island - towns that provided a recurring season of expanded employment opportunities, enhanced social life, cosmopolitan experience, and, in a good year, enough money to last through the winter.

Product details

• Authors: Myra B. Armstead, Myra B. Young Armstead, Myra Beth Young Armstead
• Assisted by: August Meier (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1999
• EAN: 9780252068010
• ISBN: 978-0-252-06801-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 286 g
• Illustrations: 17 black & white photographs
• Series: Blacks in the New World; Blacks in the New World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous