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Take Up the Black Man's Burden: Kansas City's African American Communities, 1865-1939
Charles E. Coulter
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Description for Take Up the Black Man's Burden: Kansas City's African American Communities, 1865-1939
Hardcover. Focuses on the people and institutions that shaped the city's black communities from the end of the Civil War until the outbreak of World War II. This book tells how various elements of the population worked together to build schools, churches, hospitals, the Paseo YMCA/YWCA, and other institutions that made African American life richer. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, tables, 17 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 739.
Unlike many cities farther north, Kansas City, Missouri - along with its sister city in Kansas - had a significant African American population by the midnineteenth century and also served as a way station for those migrating north or west. ""Take Up the Black Man's Burden"" focuses on the people and institutions that shaped the city's black communities from the end of the Civil War until the outbreak of World War II, blending rich historical research with first-person accounts that allow participants in this historical drama to tell their own stories of struggle and accomplishment. Charles E. Coulter opens up ... Read more
Unlike many cities farther north, Kansas City, Missouri - along with its sister city in Kansas - had a significant African American population by the midnineteenth century and also served as a way station for those migrating north or west. ""Take Up the Black Man's Burden"" focuses on the people and institutions that shaped the city's black communities from the end of the Civil War until the outbreak of World War II, blending rich historical research with first-person accounts that allow participants in this historical drama to tell their own stories of struggle and accomplishment. Charles E. Coulter opens up ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826216496
SKU
V9780826216496
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About Charles E. Coulter
CHARLES E. COULTER is the Opinion Page Editor for the Kansas City Star. He lives in Grandview, Missouri.
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