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The making of Black Detroit in the age of Henry Ford

Bates, Beth Tompkins.

The making of Black Detroit in the age of Henry Ford [electronic resource] / Beth Tompkins Bates. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (360 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781469601571 1469601575


Migration, Internal--History--United States--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.
African Americans--History--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.


Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations.
Detroit (Mich.)--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

F574.D49 / N428 2012

305.896/077434