Make a way somehow : African-American life in a northern community, 1790-1965
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Geneva Public Library - Second Floor Nonfiction
974.786 GRO
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974.786 GRO
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321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-306) and index.
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In a groundbreaking book, Kathryn Grover reconstructs from their own writings the lives of African Americans in Geneva, New York, virtually from its beginning in the 1790s, to the time of the community's first civil rights march in 1965. She weaves together demographic evidence and narratives by black Americans to recount their lives within a white-controlled society. Make a Way Somehow, which reflects the tenor of the gospel song whence it came, is a complete and meaningful history of black Genevans, with a moving focus on the individual experience. The author traces five principal migrations of African Americans to northern cities: the forced migration of slaves from the East and South before 1820; the antebellum fugitive slave farm-to-town movement; the postwar migration of emancipated people; the so-called Great Migration between the two World Wars; and the last movement that began around 1938 and ended in 1960, which was precipitated by the need for workers in large-scale, commercial agriculture and the war-mobilization effort. Grover pieces together the lives of generations of African Americans in Geneva and delineates the local system of race relations from the city's social and economic standpoint. Black Genevans were kept at the fringes of society and worked in jobs that were temporary and scarce. While antislavery and suffrage work was common, it represented but a small portion of reform in towns whose broader sentiments opposed racial equality. In a work that spans more than a hundred years, the author establishes a context for understanding both the persistence of a small group of blacks and the transience of a great many others.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Grover, K. (1994). Make a way somehow: African-American life in a northern community, 1790-1965 (First edition.). Syracuse University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grover, Kathryn. 1994. Make a Way Somehow: African-American Life in a Northern Community, 1790-1965. Syracuse University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grover, Kathryn. Make a Way Somehow: African-American Life in a Northern Community, 1790-1965 Syracuse University Press, 1994.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Grover, Kathryn. Make a Way Somehow: African-American Life in a Northern Community, 1790-1965 First edition., Syracuse University Press, 1994.
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