Making a way out of no way African American women and the second great migration
The Second Great Migration, the movement of African Americans between the South and the North that began in the early 1940s and tapered off in the late 1960s, transformed America. This migration of approximately five million people helped improve the financial prospects of black Americans, who, in t...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi
c2009.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31365978*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A note on style
- Biographical sketches
- Introduction
- Memories of the Southern childhood
- Guiding influences and the younger years
- The move north
- Encountering the city
- The work of the domestic
- Family aspects
- Experiences with other types of employment
- Reflections on the migration and a life of work
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
