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To Build Our Lives Together: Community Formation in Black Atlanta, 1875-1906
Allison Dorsey
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Paperback. After Reconstruction African Americans in Atlanta went about such self-interested pursuits as finding work and housing. This text chronicles the emergence of the network of churches, fraternal organizations and social clubs through which black Atlantans pursued their community formation goals. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
After Reconstruction, against considerable odds, African Americans in Atlanta went about such self-interested pursuits as finding work and housing. They also built community, says Allison Dorsey. To Build Our Lives Together chronicles the emergence of the network of churches, fraternal organizations, and social clubs through which black Atlantans pursued the goals of adequate schooling, more ""pull"" in local politics, and greater access to municipal services. Underpinning these efforts were the notions of racial solidarity and uplift. Yet as Atlanta's black population grew - from two thousand in 1860 to ten thousand in 1870 to forty thousand at the turn of ... Read more
After Reconstruction, against considerable odds, African Americans in Atlanta went about such self-interested pursuits as finding work and housing. They also built community, says Allison Dorsey. To Build Our Lives Together chronicles the emergence of the network of churches, fraternal organizations, and social clubs through which black Atlantans pursued the goals of adequate schooling, more ""pull"" in local politics, and greater access to municipal services. Underpinning these efforts were the notions of racial solidarity and uplift. Yet as Atlanta's black population grew - from two thousand in 1860 to ten thousand in 1870 to forty thousand at the turn of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820326191
SKU
V9780820326191
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Reviews for To Build Our Lives Together: Community Formation in Black Atlanta, 1875-1906
Allison Dorsey's deftly crafted history of the complex society Black Atlantans created against the backdrop of a racial order of enforced subjugation is an important achievement. To Build Our Lives Together illuminates the independent agenda black people pursued in order to survive and thrive within the veil. This book transforms how we look at southern urban race and class politics ... Read more