The making of Black Detroit in the age of Henry Ford / Beth Tompkins Bates.

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In the 1920s, Henry Ford hired thousands of African American men for his open-shop system of auto manufacturing. This move was a rejection of the notion that better jobs were for white men only. This book explains how black Detroiters, newly arrived from the South, seized the economic opportunities...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bates, Beth Tompkins
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:	African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century. African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions > 20th century. Migration, Internal > United States > History > 20th century. Detroit (Mich.) > Social conditions. Detroit (Mich.) > Race relations. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Cultural Heritage. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies. African Americans. African Americans > Social conditions. Migration, Internal. Race relations. Social conditions. Michigan > Detroit. United States. 1900-1999 Electronic books. History.
Genre:	Electronic books. History.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (JSTOR)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 343 pages) : illustrations
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

With the wind at their backs : migration to Detroit
Henry Ford ushers in a new era for Black workers
The politics of inclusion and the construction of a new Detroit
Drawing the color line in housing, 1915-1930
The politics of unemployment in depression-era Detroit, 1927-1931
Henry Ford at a crossroads : Inkster and the Ford Hunger March
Behind the mask of civility: Black politics in Detroit, 1932-1935
Charting a new course for Black workers
Black workers change tactics, 1937-1941.