| Author | Phillips, Kimberley L. (Kimberley Louise), 1960-
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| Title | AlabamaNorth : African-American migrants, community, and working-class activism in Cleveland, 1915-45 / Kimberley L. Phillips.
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| Published | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1999.
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| Description | xv, 334 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
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| Series | The Working class in American history
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| ISBN | 0-252-02477-X (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0-252-06793-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-326) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Introduction: "Militancy and courage" in AlabamaNorth: African-American migrants and the crossroads of southern Black culture -- "Pins" north: the routes of African-American migration to Cleveland -- Encountering work: African-American workers' experiences in the Cleveland labor market, 1915-29 -- "Join a union": African-American workers and organized labor, 1915-30 -- A new world in the city: making homes in Cleveland -- "AlabamaNorth": a community of Southerners -- "The future is yours:" store boycott campaigns and Black workers' militancy -- "The plight of Negro workers": federal initiatives and African-American working-class militancy during World War II -- Conclusion: We will make a way somehow: the legacy of a southern past in a northern city -- Notes -- Index.
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| Subjects | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Economic conditions.
African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- Southern States -- Economic conditions.
African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Labor movement -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century.
Migration, Internal -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century.
Migration, Internal -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Economic conditions.
Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions.
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| Other Titles | Alabama north
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| LC Card Number | 98-58128 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: F 34 ZSL N3P56
mq112077: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 60683] |
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