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William Dorsey's Philadelphia and Ours: On the past and Future of the Black City in America Book

William Dorsey's Philadelphia and Ours: On the past and Future of the Black City in America
William Dorsey's Philadelphia and Ours: On the past and Future of the Black City in America, In the crucial decades after the Civil War, Philadelphia was the archetypical city for African-Americans. Not only did it have the largest African-American population in actual numbers, but it was also the preferred destination in the North for blacks mig, William Dorsey's Philadelphia and Ours: On the past and Future of the Black City in America has a rating of 3.5 stars
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  • William Dorsey's Philadelphia and Ours: On the past and Future of the Black City in America
  • Written by author Roger Lane
  • Published by Oxford University Press, USA, August 1991
  • In the crucial decades after the Civil War, Philadelphia was the archetypical city for African-Americans. Not only did it have the largest African-American population in actual numbers, but it was also the preferred destination in the North for blacks mig
  • Lane here illuminates the African-American experience through a close look at a single city, once the metropolitan headquarters of black America, now typical of many. He recognizes that urban history offers more clues, both to modern accomplishments and t
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Introductionxi
Part IThe Medium and the Message: The Dorsey Collection and the Black Portrait in the Popular Press
1.Of Politics, Religion, and Popular Culture5
2.Of Race, Sex, and Lynching33
Part IIOccupations and Making a Living
3.The "Unskilled" Majority63
4.Owners, Artisans, and Entrepreneurs98
5.Education and Educators134
6.The Learned Occupations166
7.Politics, Politicians, and Civil Servants197
Part IIIThe Web of Organization: Religion, Race, Class, and Recreation
8.The Churches231
9.Race Pride and Race Relations253
10.Organization and Social Class279
11.Recreation, Entertainment, and Postscriptum to William Henry Dorsey309
Part IVWilliam Dorsey's City and Ours
12.Survivals and Evolution: The Black City Today337
13.Transition: From There to Here354
14.A Common Destiny: Prospects for the Black City374
Appendix I.The William Henry Dorsey Collection at Cheyney State University411
Appendix II.Sources for William Dorsey and His Family413
Appendix III.Philadelphians Most Noted in the Dorsey Collection416
Appendix IV."Elite" Philadelphians, 1860s and 1890s420
Notes423
Index459


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