ISBN:
9780739175859
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (187 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version African American Life and Culture in Orange Mound : Case Study of a Black Community in Memphis, Tennessee, 1890-1980
DDC:
305.896/073076819
Keywords:
Orange Mound (Memphis, Tenn.) - Social conditions
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Orange Mound (Memphis, Tenn.) - Social conditions
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Founded in 1890, Orange Mound, a predominantly African American community located in Shelby County Tennessee and five-miles east of downtown Memphis, is one of the oldest residential communities in the United States built exclusively for African Americans. Originally, African American Life and Culture in Orange Mound is an exploration of the conditions of living for residents of the unincorporated subdivision in the deep south from 1890 to 1919. It is also a study of contemporary approaches to community building during a time p
Description / Table of Contents:
African American Life and Culture in Orange Mound; Contents; Tables; Photos; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Problem; Chapter 2 The Deadericks; Chapter 3 The Historical Orange Mound Community; Chapter 4 The Black Family: Patterns of Integration and Disintegration; Chapter 5 Key Institutions; Chapter 6 The Black Schools of Orange Mound; Chapter 7 Orange Mound within the Larger Context of Memphis; Chapter 8 Race and the Politics of Place; Chapter 9 A Victim of Its Own Success: The Demise of a Historical Black Community
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 10 Conclusion: Community Change, Persistence, and Policy ImplicationsBibliography; Index; About the Author
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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