Title Hopes and expectations : the origins of the black middle class in Hartford, Connecticut / Barbara J. Beeching

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Prologue -- Migrant of necessity -- Growing up with the community -- [1] Expectations rising -- Family life and racial turmoil -- Beyond uplift : a new spirit of resistance -- A black middle class takes shape in wartime -- [2] Expectations at work -- Nelson Primus : the artist in Boston -- Rebecca Primus : the teacher in Royal Oak -- Addie Brown : the working girl in Hartford -- [3] Expectations deferred -- Growth and decline -- Loss and persistence -- Epilogue -- Appendix Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Primus, Nelson, 1842-1916. Primus, Rebecca, 1836-1932. Brown, Addie SUBJECT Brown, Addie fast Primus, Nelson, 1842-1916 fast Primus, Rebecca, 1836-1932 fast Subject African Americans -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- Social conditions African Americans -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- Economic conditions Middle class -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History Community life -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History African Americans -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- Biography SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. African Americans African Americans -- Economic conditions African Americans -- Social conditions Community life Economic history Middle class Race relations SUBJECT Hartford (Conn.) -- Economic conditions Hartford (Conn.) -- Race relations Subject Connecticut -- Hartford Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781438461663 1438461666

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