AlabamaNorth : African-American migrants, community, and working-class activism in Cleveland, 1915-45 / Kimberley L. Phillips.

Author/creator Phillips, Kimberley L., 1960-
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxv, 334 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects
African Americans--Ohio. --Cleveland. --Economic conditions.
African Americans--Ohio. --Cleveland. --Social conditions.
Working class--Ohio. --Cleveland. --Economic conditions.
Working class--Ohio. --Cleveland. --Social conditions.
African Americans--Southern States. --Economic conditions.
African Americans--Southern States. --Social conditions.
Labor movement--Ohio. --Cleveland. --History. --20th century.
Migration, Internal--Ohio. --Cleveland. --History. --20th century.
Migration, Internal--Southern States. --History. --20th century.

Variant title Alabama north
SeriesThe working class in American history
Working class in American history. ^A227744
Contents Introduction: "Militancy and courage" in AlabamaNorth: African-American migrants and the crossroads of southern Black culture -- "Pins" north: the routes of African-American migration to Cleveland -- Encountering work: African-American workers' experiences in the Cleveland labor market, 1915-29 -- "Join a union": African-American workers and organized labor, 1915-30 -- A new world in the city: making homes in Cleveland -- "AlabamaNorth": a community of Southerners -- "The future is yours:" store boycott campaigns and Black workers' militancy -- "The plight of Negro workers": federal initiatives and African-American working-class militancy during World War II -- Conclusion: We will make a way somehow: the legacy of a southern past in a northern city -- Notes -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-326) and index.
LCCN 98058128
ISBN025202477X (alk. paper)
ISBN0252067932 (pbk. : alk. paper)