Not alms but opportunity the Urban League & the politics of racial uplift, 1910-1950 / Touré F. Reed.

Author/creator Reed, Touré F.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionxviii, 254 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
National Urban League--History. --20th century.
African Americans--New York (State). --New York. --Social conditions. --20th century.
African Americans--Illinois. --Chicago. --Social conditions. --20th century.
Social classes--New York (State). --New York. --History. --20th century.
Social classes--Illinois. --Chicago. --History. --20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions. --To 1964.
African Americans--Economic conditions. --20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions. --20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions. --20th century.

Contents The ideological origins of the Urban League -- Community development and housing, 1910-1932 -- Vocational training, employment, and job placements, 1910-1932 -- Labor unions, social reorganization, and the acculturation of Black workers, 1910-1932 -- Vocational guidance and organized labor during the New Deal, 1933-1940 -- Employment from the March on Washington to the Pilot Placement Project, 1940-1950 -- Housing and neighborhood work in the age of the welfare state, 1933-1950.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-244) and index.
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LCCN 2008007810
ISBN9780807832233 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807832235 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807859025 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0807859028 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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