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Informationen zum Autor RICHARD W. THOMAS, Associate Professor of History and Urban Affairs Programs at Michigan State University, is author or co-author of numerous publications in race relations and black history. Klappentext Richard Thomas traces the building of this community from its roots in the 19th century, through the key period 1915-1945, by focusing on how industrial workers, ministers, politicians, business leaders, youth, and community activists contributed to the process. Zusammenfassung Black community building was not a smooth or conflict-free process. This study focuses on how industrial workers, social workers, ministers, politicians, protest leaders, business and professional people, housewives, youth, and a range of community institutions and organizations all contributed to the process. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsOne Early Struggles and Community BuildingTwo The Demand for Black Labor, Migration, and the Emerging Black Industrial Working Class, 1915-1930Three The Role of the Detroit Urban League in the Community Building Process, 1916-1945Fourt Weathering the StormFive Racial Discrimination in Industrial Detroit: Preparing the Ground for Community Social ConsciousnessSix Social Consciousness and Self-Helf: The Heart and Soul of Community BuildingSeven Protest and Politics: Emerging Forms of Community EmpowermentEight Conflicting Strategies of Black Community Building: Unionization vs. Ford Corporate Paternalism, 1936-1941EpilogueNotesSourcesIndex
