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9780253214089

Strangers in the Land of Paradise: The Creation of an African American Community in Buffalo, New York, 1900-1940

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    9780253214089

  • ISBN10:

    0253214084

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-09-01
  • Publisher: Ingram Book Co

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Summary

This volume offers a timely look at the evolution of Buffalo, New York's black community from 1900 to 1940.

Author Biography

Lillian Serece Williams is Chair of African American Studies at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xvi
Introduction 1(8)
PART I: Blacks in Twentieth-Century Buffalo: Structural Development
The Early Years
9(22)
Growing Up Black
31(14)
To Help See One Another Through
45(20)
Work
65(34)
PART II: Blacks Organize to Improve Their Status: Institutional Development
Philanthropy and Uplift
99(24)
Not Alms, but Opportunity
123(28)
Civil Rights, Politics, and Community
151(58)
Conclusion
188(6)
APPENDIX I: FIGURES
1. Age Distribution of Buffalo Population by Race and Sex, 1920
a. Blacks
b. Whites
194(1)
2. Household Status of Black Males, 1905
195(1)
3. Household Status of Black Males, 1925
196(1)
4. Household Status of Black Females, 1905
197(1)
5. Household Status of Black Females, 1925
198(1)
6. Median Salary and Weekly Experience---High School and Grammar School
199(1)
7. Median Salary and Weekly Experience---Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish Women
199(1)
8. Median Salary and Weekly Experience---American and ``Old Immigration'' Groups
200(1)
9. Median Salary and Weekly Experience---American and ``New Immigration'' Groups
200(1)
10. Median Salary and Weekly Experience---American and ``Old Immigration'' Groups (high school graduates only)
201(1)
11. Median Salary and Weekly Experience---American and ``New Immigration'' Groups (high school graduates only)
201(3)
APPENDIX II: MAPS
1. Black Population in the City of Buffalo, 1905
204(1)
2. Black Population in the City of Buffalo, 1915
205(1)
3. Black Population in the City of Buffalo, 1925
206(1)
4. Ethnic Settlements in Buffalo at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
207(1)
5. Buffalo Tracts, Wards, Councilmanic Districts
208(1)
APPENDIX III: METHOD OF COMPUTERIZATION AND OCCUPATION CODES 209(8)
Notes 217(32)
Bibliography 249(12)
Periodicals and Newspapers 261(2)
Manuscript Collections 263(2)
Index 265

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