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The other great migration

Pruitt, Bernadette, 1965-

The other great migration the movement of rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941 / [electronic resource] : Bernadette Pruitt. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (480 p.) - Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 21 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pulling up the stakes: the great migration to Houston, 1900-1930 -- Building a city: migrant settlements in Houston, 1900-1941 -- Beautiful people: agency in Houston, 1900-1941 -- "That was their protection and safeguard": Houston's "new Negro," 1917-1941 -- In "the Garden of Eden": the Houston Renaissance, 1900-1941 -- The black economy at work: wage earners, professionals, economic crisis, and the origins of the second great migration, 1900-1941.

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Community development--History--Texas--Houston--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--Texas--Houston--20th century.
Migration, Internal--History--Texas--Houston--20th century.
Rural-urban migration--History--Texas--Houston--20th century.
African-Americans--Migrations--History--Texas--Houston--20th century.


Houston (Tex.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
Houston (Tex.)--Social conditions--20th century.


Electronic books.

F394.H89 / N48 2013

305.896/07307641411