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A Common destiny : Blacks and American society / Gerald D. Jaynes and Robin M. Williams, Jr., editors ; Committee on the Status of Black Americans, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Author:
Jaynes, Gerald David  Search this
Williams, Robin Murphy  Search this
National Research Council (U.S.) Committee of the Status of Black Americans  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 608 p. : b ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1989
1975-
Topic:
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
African Americans--Politics and government  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Call number:
E185.86.C582 1989X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_381745
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A half century of struggle for freedom in Florida / by Edward D. Davis

Author:
Davis, Edward D. 1904-  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Florida
Tampa
Date:
1981
20th century
Topic:
African Americans--Politics and government  Search this
African Americans--Civil rights--History  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1083867
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A movement without marches African American women and the politics of poverty in postwar Philadelphia Lisa Levenstein

Author:
Levenstein, Lisa  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xvi, 300 pages) illustrations, maps
Type:
Biography
Electronic books
Biographies
History
Place:
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Philadelphia <Pa.>
Date:
2009
20th century
Topic:
African American women--History  Search this
Poor women--History  Search this
African American women--Social conditions  Search this
African American women  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
Poverty--Political aspects--History  Search this
Urban policy--History  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Women's Studies  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Poor women  Search this
Poverty--Political aspects  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Urban policy  Search this
Armut  Search this
Sozialhilfe  Search this
Kinderfürsorge  Search this
Schwarze Frau  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
F158.9.N4 L485 2009 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
Unlimited
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145568
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A piece of the pie : Blacks and white immigrants since 1880 / Stanley Lieberson

Author:
Lieberson, Stanley 1933-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 419 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1980
C1980
Topic:
Minorities  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
Ethnic relations  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Call number:
E184.A1 L49X
E184.A1L49X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_130622
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A right worthy grand mission : Maggie Lena Walker [sic] and the quest for Black economic empowerment / Gertrude Woodruff Marlowe

Author:
Marlowe, Gertrude Woodruff 1930-1996  Search this
Subject:
Walker, Maggie Lena 1867-1934  Search this
Physical description:
xlviii, 286 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Virginia
Richmond
Richmond (Va.)
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
African American women  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Businesswomen  Search this
Bankers  Search this
Civic leaders  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_728241
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A time to plant : the economic lives of freedpeople in Granville County, North Carolina, 1865-1900 / Sharon Ann Holt

Author:
Holt, Sharon Ann  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 334 leaves ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North Carolina
Granville County
Granville County (N.C.)
Date:
1991
1865-
Topic:
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
History  Search this
Economic conditions  Search this
Call number:
F262.G85 H75 1991a
F262.G85H75 1991a
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_440771
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Afro-American demography and urban issues : a bibliography / compiled by R.A. Obudho and Jeannine B. Scott

Author:
Obudho, Robert A  Search this
Subject:
Scott, Jeannine B  Search this
Physical description:
xxxix, 433 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Bibliography
Date:
1985
Topic:
African Americans--Economic conditions--Bibliography  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
African Americans--Bibliography of bibliographies  Search this
Call number:
Z1361.N39O29 1985X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_290945
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Ain't gonna let nobody turn me round : the pursuit of racial justice in the rural South / Richard A. Couto

Author:
Couto, Richard A. 1941-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 421 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm
Type:
Interviews
Place:
Southern States
Date:
1991
C1991
Topic:
African Americans--Civil rights  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Rural conditions  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_473574
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AlabamaNorth : African-American migrants, community, and working-class activism in Cleveland, 1915-45 / Kimberley L. Phillips

Title:
Alabama North
Author:
Phillips, Kimberley L (Kimberley Louise) 1960-  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 334 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Ohio
Cleveland
Southern States
Date:
1999
C1999
20th century
Topic:
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Working class--Economic conditions  Search this
Working class--Social conditions  Search this
Labor movement--History  Search this
Migration, Internal--History  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_589618
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America's Johannesburg : industrialization and racial transformation in Birmingham / Bobby M. Wilson

Author:
Wilson, Bobby M. 1947-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 274 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Alabama
Birmingham
Birmingham (Ala.)
Date:
2000
C2000
Topic:
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
Industrialization--History  Search this
Capitalism--Social aspects--History  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Economic conditions  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_603811
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America's black population, 1970 to 1982 : a statistical view / William C. Matney, Dwight L. Johnson

Author:
Matney, William C  Search this
Johnson, Dwight L  Search this
Physical description:
iii, 27 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Statistics
Place:
United States
Date:
1983
1964-1975
1975-
Topic:
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Population  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1087379
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American women in sport, 1887-1987 : a 100-year chronology / compiled by Ruth M. Sparhawk ... [et al.]

Author:
Sparhawk, Ruth M. 1923-  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 149 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1989
Topic:
Women athletes--History--Chronology  Search this
Sports for women--History--Chronology  Search this
Insurance--History  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
Call number:
GV583.A64 1989X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_390610
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American work : four centuries of black and white labor / Jacqueline Jones

Author:
Jones, Jacqueline 1948-  Search this
Physical description:
543 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
1998
©1998
Topic:
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
African Americans--Employment--History  Search this
Race discrimination--History  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_527006
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An African American community of hope : Zenda : 1869-1930 / by Nancy Bondurant Jones

Title:
Zenda : 1869-1930
Author:
Jones, Nancy Bondurant  Search this
Physical description:
x, 139 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Virginia
Zenda
Rockingham County
Zenda (Va.)
Rockingham County (Va.)
Date:
2007
©2007
Topic:
African Americans--History  Search this
African Americans--Social life and customs  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Slaves--Emancipation--History  Search this
African American neighborhoods  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Economic history  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Slaves--Emancipation  Search this
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Economic conditions  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1113161
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An economic detour; a history of insurance in the lives of American Negroes, by M. S. Stuart

Author:
Stuart, Merah Steven 1878-  Search this
Physical description:
xxv, 339 p. illus., ports. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1969
[1969, c1940]
Topic:
Life insurance--History  Search this
African Americans--Societies, etc  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
Call number:
HG8799.S75 1969X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_421190
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At freedom's edge : black mobility and the southern white quest for racial control, 1861-1915 / William Cohen

Author:
Cohen, William 1936-  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 340 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Southern States
Kansas
United States
Date:
1991
C1991
Topic:
African Americans--Migrations  Search this
Migration, Internal--History  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
Population  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
E185.6.C66 1991X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_410053
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Atlanta Life Insurance Company : guardian of Black economic dignity / by Alexa Benson Henderson

Author:
Henderson, Alexa Benson 1944-  Search this
Subject:
Atlanta Life Insurance Company History  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1990
[c1990]
Topic:
Insurance--History  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
Call number:
HG8540.A8H46 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_431239
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Beauty shop politics : African American women's activism in the beauty industry / Tiffany M. Gill

Author:
Gill, Tiffany M  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2010
©2010
20th century
Topic:
African American women political activists--History  Search this
Beauty culture--Political aspects--History  Search this
Beauty culture--Economic aspects--History  Search this
African American beauty operators--Political activity--History  Search this
Businesswomen--Political activity--History  Search this
African American business enterprises--History  Search this
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
African Americans--Politics and government  Search this
African Americans--Civil rights--History  Search this
Race relations  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1047404
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Being Black, living in the red : race, wealth, and social policy in America / Dalton Conley

Author:
Conley, Dalton 1969-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1999
C1999
1975-
20th century
1980-1993
1993-
Topic:
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Social classes--History  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Social policy  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_688327
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Between melting pot and mosaic : African Americans and Puerto Ricans in the New York political economy / Andres Torres

Author:
Torres, Andrés 1947-  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 245 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
New York (N.Y.)
Date:
1995
Topic:
African Americans--Economic conditions  Search this
Puerto Ricans--Economic conditions  Search this
Economic conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_478114

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