(Ebook) Black Chicago s First Century 1833 1900 1st Edition by Christopher Robert Reed ISBN 9780826215703 082621570X

(Ebook) Black Chicago s First Century 1833 1900 1st Edition by Christopher Robert Reed ISBN 9780826215703 082621570X

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ISBN 10: 082621570X
ISBN 13: 9780826215703
Author: Christopher Robert Reed

In Black Chicago’s First Century, Christopher Robert Reed provides the first comprehensive study of an African American population in a nineteenth-century northern city beyond the eastern seaboard. Reed’s study covers the first one hundred years of African American settlement and achievements in the Windy City, encompassing a range of activities and events that span the antebellum, Civil War, Reconstruction, and post-Reconstruction periods. The author takes us from a time when black Chicago provided both workers and soldiers for the Union cause to the ensuing decades that saw the rise and development of a stratified class structure and growth in employment, politics, and culture. Just as the city was transformed in its first century of existence, so were its black inhabitants.
Methodologically relying on the federal pension records of Civil War soldiers at the National Archives, as well as previously neglected photographic evidence, manuscripts, contemporary newspapers, and secondary sources, Reed captures the lives of Chicago’s vast army of ordinary black men and women. He places black Chicagoans within the context of northern urban history, providing a better understanding of the similarities and differences among them. We learn of the conditions African Americans faced before and after Emancipation. We learn how the black community changed and developed over time: we learn how these people endured―how they educated their children, how they worked, organized, and played. Black Chicago’s First Century is a balanced and coherent work. Anyone with an interest in urban history or African American studies will find much value in this book

(Ebook) Black Chicago s First Century 1833 1900 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part I – Early Settlement (1833–1850s)

• Arrival of the First African Americans in Chicago

• Building Community: Churches, Schools, and Social Institutions

• Early Economic and Occupational Patterns

• Challenges of Racism and Segregation

Part II – The Civil War Era (1861–1865)

• Black Chicagoans and the Union Cause

• Military Service and Its Impact on the Community

• Changes in Social and Economic Opportunities

Part III – Reconstruction Period (1865–1877)

• Political Mobilization and Civic Engagement

• Efforts Toward Civil Rights and Legal Protections

• African American Leadership and Organizations

Part IV – Post-Reconstruction Challenges (1877–1900)

• Employment, Labor, and Economic Struggles

• Housing and Residential Segregation

• Social and Cultural Life in a Growing Urban Context

• Responses to Racial Discrimination and Violence

• Conclusion: Foundations of Black Chicago for the 20th Century

• Notes / References

• Bibliography

• Index

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