The other Black Bostonians : West Indians in Boston, 1900-1950

The other Black Bostonians : West Indians in Boston, 1900-1950 / Violet Showers Johnson.

This study of Boston's West Indian immigrants examines the identities, goals, and aspirations of two generations of black migrants from the British-held Caribbean who settled in Boston between 1900 and 1950. Describing their experience among Boston's American-born blacks and in the context...

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Main Author: Johnson, Violet Showers
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2006.
Series:Blacks in the diaspora.
Subjects:
1900-1999
West Indian Americans > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 20th century.
West Indian Americans > Massachusetts > Boston > Social conditions > 20th century.
Black people > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 20th century.
Black people > Massachusetts > Boston > Social conditions > 20th century.
Immigrants > Massachusetts > Boston > Social conditions > 20th century.
West Indians > Migrations > History > 20th century.
Black people > Migrations > History > 20th century.
Black people.
Black people > Social conditions.
Immigrants > Social conditions
Race relations
Social conditions.
West Indian Americans
West Indian Americans > Social conditions
Soziale Situation
Westindischer Einwanderer
Boston (Mass.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Boston (Mass.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Massachusetts > Boston
Boston, Mass.
Schwarze.
History.
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:This study of Boston's West Indian immigrants examines the identities, goals, and aspirations of two generations of black migrants from the British-held Caribbean who settled in Boston between 1900 and 1950. Describing their experience among Boston's American-born blacks and in the context of the city's immigrant history, the book charts new conceptual territory. The Other Black Bostonians explores the pre-migration background of the immigrants, work and housing, identity, culture and community, activism.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 181 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0253112389
9780253112385
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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