The making of Black Detroit in the age of Henry Ford / Beth Tompkins Bates.

Author/creator Bates, Beth Tompkins
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxiii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
African Americans--Michigan. --Detroit. --History. --20th century.
African Americans--Michigan. --Detroit. --Social conditions. --20th century.
Migration, Internal--United States. --History. --20th century.
Detroit (Mich.)--Social conditions.
Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations.

Contents With the wind at their backs : migration to Detroit -- Henry Ford ushers in a new era for Black workers -- The politics of inclusion and the construction of a new Detroit -- Drawing the color line in housing, 1915-1930 -- The politics of unemployment in depression-era Detroit, 1927-1931 -- Henry Ford at a crossroads : Inkster and the Ford Hunger March -- Behind the mask of civility: Black politics in Detroit, 1932-1935 -- Charting a new course for Black workers -- Black workers change tactics, 1937-1941.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012007161
ISBN9780807835647 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807835641 (cloth : alk. paper)