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Table of Contents:

• The making of the Negro mecca: Harlem and the struggle for community rights
• Not to save the union but to free the slaves: Black labor activism and community politics during the new Negro era
• Colored people have few places to which they can move: tenants, landlords, and community mobilization
• Maintaining a high class of respectability in Negro neighborhoods: contestation and congregation in Harlem's geography of vice and leisure during the Prohibition Era
• Demand the dismissal of policemen who abuse the privileges of their uniform: racial violence, police brutality, and self-protection
• Conclusion.

Author/Creator:

King, Shannon (Associate professor) , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Whose Harlem is this, anyway?: community politics and grassroots activism during the new Negro era [by King, S.]

Related Series:

Culture, labor, history

Subjects:

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) — Race relations

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) — Politics and government — 20th century

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) — Social conditions — 20th century

African Americans — New York (State) — New York — Politics and government — 20th century

African Americans — New York (State) — New York — Social conditions — 20th century

New York (N.Y.) — Race relations

New York (N.Y.) — Politics and government — 20th century

New York (N.Y.) — Social conditions — 20th century

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

F128.68.H3 K48 2015eb

ISBNs:

1479866911 (electronic bk.)
9781479866915 (electronic bk.)
9781479811274 (hardcover, alkaline paper) [Invalid]
1479811270 (hardcover, alkaline paper) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

923734914

Other Control Numbers:

EBC2070821 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12480942