Title Way up north in Louisville : African American migration in the urban South, 1930-1970 / Luther Adams

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2010] ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 272 pages) : illustrations, maps Series The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. Contents Headed for Louisville : African American migration within the South -- Way up north in Louisville : migration and the meaning of the South -- I never Jim Crowed myself : navigating the boundaries of race in the River City -- No room for possum or crawfish : African American migrants' challenge to Jim Crow -- Behold the land : to stay and fight at home and struggle for civil rights -- Upon this rock : African American migration and the transformation of the postwar urban landscape Summary In the wake of World War II, when roughly half the black population left the South seeking greater opportunity and freedom in the North and West, the same desire often anchored African Americans to the South. Adams offers a powerful reinterpretation of the modern civil rights movement and of the transformations in black urban life within the contexts of migration, work, and urban renewal Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed August 4, 2021) Subject African Americans -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- Social conditions -- 20th century African Americans -- Civil rights -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century Migration, Internal -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century Rural-urban migration -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. African Americans African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Migrations African Americans -- Social conditions Civil rights movements Migration, Internal Rural-urban migration Kentucky -- Louisville Southern States Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2010023647 ISBN 9780807899434 0807899437 9781469603865 1469603861

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