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Take up the Black man's burden [electronic resource] : Kansas City's African American communities, 1865-1939 / Charles E. Coulter.

By: Coulter, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1954-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006Description: x, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): African Americans -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History | African Americans -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Social conditions | African American neighborhoods -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History | Kansas City (Mo.) -- Race relations -- History | Kansas City (Mo.) -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 977.8/4110496073 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The souls of Black folk -- The world of work -- Professionals, businesspeople, and others -- Institutions of uplift -- School, church, and health : institutions of salvation -- Play : not without laughter -- Housing -- The challenges of the Great Depression, 1930-1939 -- 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.
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"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-334) and index.

The souls of Black folk -- The world of work -- Professionals, businesspeople, and others -- Institutions of uplift -- School, church, and health : institutions of salvation -- Play : not without laughter -- Housing -- The challenges of the Great Depression, 1930-1939 -- 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.

"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"--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.