
Better Lives, Broken Promises and the Struggle for Equality
Lessons from The Black Migration to Saginaw, Michigan
Brill
ISBN 9789004748415
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Bibliografische Daten
Buch. Hardcover
2025
In englischer Sprache
Format (B x L): 15,5 x 23,5 cm
Verlag: Brill
ISBN: 9789004748415
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Das Werk ist Teil der Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences; 353
Produktbeschreibung
What will be made clear is that the social landscape for African Americans coming north at the start of the second half of the last century changed drastically, based upon a foundation laid by the migrants arriving in the first half of the twentieth century. This book suggests that the earlier cohort served to fill the social spaces created by the pre-1915 migrants and learned how to ‘get by’ in a society that offered few real opportunities for its Black citizens. The second wave arrived after World War II into a society that promised more, even as it failed to deliver, and demands for social justice became louder. This book details the impact of each wave through interviews and secondary data. Then it locates the origins of an activist black church and middle-class demands in the changes to material conditions of the city’s Black residents and hence, cultural change over time.
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