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Author Coulter, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1954-

Title Take up the Black man's burden : Kansas City's African American communities, 1865-1939 / Charles E. Coulter
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (x, 345 pages) : illustrations
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-334) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject African Americans -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History
African Americans -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Social conditions
African American neighborhoods -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History
HISTORY -- State & Local.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
African American neighborhoods
African Americans
African Americans -- Social conditions
Race relations
Social conditions
Soziale Situation
SUBJECT Kansas City (Mo.) -- Race relations -- History
Kansas City (Mo.) -- Social conditions
Subject Missouri -- Kansas City
Kansas City, Kan.
Schwärze
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005032000
ISBN 9780826265180
0826265189
0826216498
9780826216496