Bridges of Memory

by Black, Timuel D., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780810151949
• ISBN10: 0810151944
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-16
• Publisher: Northwestern Univ Pr

Summary

In this second volume of Bridges of Memory, veteran historian Timuel D. Black Jr. continues his conversations with remarkable individuals whose families - like the author's - were part of the first wave of African-Americans to migrate to Chicago from the South in search of opportunity during and after World War I. He also introduces the reader to a diversely successful group who are members of the second generation. Collectively they portray a vivid picture of the thriving and tight-knit Chicago communities in the area formerly known as the Black Belt, which included today's historic Bronzeville neighborhood. In lively conversations punctuated with laughter, thirty-one informants recall how this community embraced values - expressed through their families, religion, business, and music - that enabled them to find success within a larger society that seemed determined to oppress them. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Timuel D. Black Jr. is a prominent civil rights activist and also professor emeritus of social sciences at the City Colleges of Chicago. Born in Birmingham, he moved to Chicago as a baby, and has lived here ever since.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Jewel Stradford Lafontant	p. 3
Eddie Casey	p. 22
Muriel Chandler	p. 31
Reverend A. P. Jackson	p. 42
Lawrence Kennon	p. 54
Bill Adkins	p. 78
Alvena Henderson	p. 88
Earl Neal	p. 93
Reverend Dr. Louis Rawls	p. 100
Sam Nolan	p. 107
Ella Saunders	p. 116
Fred Rice	p. 128
LeRoy Winbush	p. 143
Floyd Campbell	p. 151
Clark Burrus	p. 158
Burnett "Bo" Carter	p. 167
Jerry "Iceman" Butler	p. 173
Mattie Butler	p. 187
Jesse Brown	p. 203
Dr. Emil Hamberlin	p. 209
Dillard Harris	p. 226
Roger Salter	p. 242
Professor William Daniels	p. 259
Wilks Battles	p. 277
Milton Davis	p. 283
Doris Smith	p. 293
Betty Stell	p. 306
Standish Willis	p. 312
Sylvia Walton	p. 330
Charles Mingo	p. 345
Hermene D. Hartman	p. 360
Conclusion	p. 381
Index	p. 383
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.