Community Formation, 1850 to 1914 -- Development of the Black Community, Late 1915 to Early Great Depression Years -- The Development of the Black Community: The Great Depression Years, 1930s -- Expanded Community and New Realities, 1840 to 1960 -- The Civil Rights Years, 1960s -- Public School Desegregation, 1960s and 1970s -- Urban Renewal, 1960 to 1985: External Change Agents Juxtaposed with Internal Change Agents -- A New Reality, 1980 to 1985
Summary
A detailed study of the history of African Americans in a small upstate New York city from the days of the Underground Railroad to the deindustrialization of the 1980s