Title The forging of a black community : Seattle's Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era / Quintard Taylor ; forewords by Quin'Nita Cobbins-Modica and Norm Rice ; afterword by Albert S. Broussard

Edition Second edition Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 400 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Emil and Kathleen Sick series in western history and biography Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography. Summary "Seattle's first black resident was a sailor named Manuel Lopes who arrived in 1858 and became the small community's first barber. He left in the early 1870s to seek economic prosperity elsewhere, but as Seattle transformed from a stopover town to a full-fledged city, African Americans began to stay and build a community. By the early twentieth century, black life in Seattle coalesced in the Central District, a four-square-mile section east of downtown. Black Seattle, however, was never a monolith. Through world wars, economic booms and busts, and the civil rights movement, black residents and leaders negotiated intragroup conflicts and had varied approaches to challenging racial inequity. Despite these differences, they nurtured a distinct African American culture and black urban community ethos. With a new foreword and afterword, this second edition of The Forging of a Black Community is essential to understanding the history and present of the largest black community in the Pacific Northwest"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 09, 2022) Subject African Americans -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies African Americans Race relations SUBJECT Central District (Seattle, Wash.) -- Race relations Seattle (Wash.) -- Race relations Subject Washington (State) -- Seattle Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Central District Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Cobbins-Modica, Quin'Nita, writer of foreword. Rice, Norman B., writer of foreword. Broussard, Albert S., writer of afterword. LC no. 2021055882 ISBN 9780295750651 0295750650

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