Title Untold tales, unsung heroes : an oral history of Detroit's African American community, 1918-1967 / Elaine Latzman Moon

Published Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press, ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (408 pages) : illustrations Series African American life series African American life series. Contents Foreword / N Charles Anderson -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology: African Americans in Detroit to 1917 -- African Americans In Detroit And The United States, 1918-1927: -- Oscar Lee -- Rosa Lee Kirkman Wheeler -- James E Cummings -- Helen Nuttal Brown-- Frank Angelo -- Discussion on Employment Opportunities: Henry Biggs and Reginald R Larrie -- Paul B Shirley -- Charles C Diggs, Jr -- Frederick N Cureton -- Ernest Goodman -- Carl Winter -- Alice E M Cain Newman -- William Hines -- M Kelly Fritz -- Sidney Barthwell -- Lillian Duplessis -- Discussion with Second Baptist Church Members: Arthur Michael Carter III, Nathaniel Leach, Wilhelmina Lewis Means, Katherine E Reid and Ernestine E Wright -- Discussion on Education: William St Clair Billups and Earlie M Poole -- Shelton Tappes -- African Americans In Detroit And The United States, 1928-1937: -- Fred W Guinyard -- Ernestine E Wright -- Dorothy Elizabeth Lawson -- Discussion with Shiloh Baptist Church Members: Mary Ruth Chapman Harris, Marguerite Rhodes McIntosh, O Davene Ross McKinney and Mary O Brookins Ross, DD -- Discussion on the Labor Movement: Hildred J Drew Dale, Gwendolyn Ruth Edwards, Hodges E Mason, Stanley Nowak and John J "Jack" White -- Walter Rosser -- Ruth Wills-Clemons -- Discussion on Green Pastures Camp: Eleanor Boykin Jones, Ernest Timothy Marshall and Cecil Whittaker McFadden -- James Boggs -- Ernest C Dillard, Sr -- Richard L King -- Margaret McCall Thomas Ward -- Edward Davis -- Kermit G Bailer -- Norman McRae -- Beatrice M Buck -- African Americans In Detroit And The United States, 1938-1947: -- Marcena W Taylor -- Erma Henderson -- Discussion on Sojourner Truth Homes: Gerald V Blakely, Kenneth G Booker, Robert Bynum, Jr Thornton G Jackson and Adam Shakoor -- Winston E Lang -- James T Jenkins -- Francis A Kornegay, PhD -- Annie Ruth Cartwright Williams -- Nancy Ann Green Allen -- Discussion on World War II with Tuskegee Airmen: Ret Lt Col Alexander Jefferson, USAF and Richard D Macon -- Herschel L Richey -- Discussion on Life and Music: Thomas H "Dr Beans" Bowles, Sr and Earl F Van Dyke -- Frances Quock -- Discussion with Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority: Jerrylee Johnson, Cecil Whittaker McFadden, Roberta McGuire Pickett, PhD, Carol A Sayers Puryear, Ph. D and Rose Marie Dickens Swanson -- Austin W Curtis, DSC -- Discussion on Civil Rights: Arthur Michael Carter III, Ernest Goodman, Alma Thomas Hall, Richard V Marks and John J "Jack" White -- Discussion with Sacred Heart Church Members: Harry Bernard Boglin III, Mary Ann Humphries, Emma Jean Johnson and Anthony E McCauley, Sr -- Mary Clarice McCauley Cosey -- Wilfred E Little -- Roy Brooks -- Wardell C Croft, FLMI -- Waldo Cain, MD -- Discussion on Crime and Law Enforcement: Mackie C Johnson, Winston E Lang, Mary Upshaw McClendon, Frances Quock and Robert "Bob" L Cunningham -- African Americans In Detroit And The United States, 1948-1957: -- Nina Mack Lester, HHD -- Ofield Dukes -- Lionel F Swan, MD -- David S Holmes -- Discussion on life and music: Wendell R Harrison and Donald Walden -- Discussion on life in the Brewster Housing Projects: Gloria Manlove Hunter and Eleanor Manlove -- Mel Ravitz -- Lamar N Richardson, Jr -- Discussion on 12th Street Businesses: Bernard Odell and Odis Rencher -- Minister William T Howard -- African Americans In Detroit And The United States, 1958-1967: -- Harold Norris -- Marsha L Mickens -- Leon M Bradley -- William Lowell Hurt III -- Dave Bing -- Discussion on Virginia Park Community: Ollie Foster, Herschel L Richey and Walter Rosser -- George Romney -- Roy Wilds -- Gerald Wayne Smith -- Walter L A Edwards -- Index Summary Untold Tales, Unsung Heroes is a history of Detroit's African American community told by the men and women who lived it. More than one hundred individuals who lived in Detroit at some time during the period from 1918 to 1967 share stories about ordinary life - families and neighborhoods, community and religious life, school and work. They also describe extraordinary events - the great migration from the South, the depression, World War II, the 1943 race riot, the civil rights movement, the civil disturbance of 1967, and the Vietnam War. Their anecdotal testimonies and reminiscences provide invaluable information about the institutions, lifestyles, relationships, and politics that constitute the social experience of black life in Detroit. The moving, sometimes contradictory views of housekeepers, business owners, factory workers, union organizers, teachers, and corporate executives present a panorama of experiences and perceptions. The tales convey the individual and collective search for equality in education, housing, and employment; struggles against racism; participation in unions and the civil rights movement; and pain and loss that resulted from racial discrimination. By featuring the histories of blacks living in Detroit during the first six decades of the century, this unique oral history contributes immeasurably to our understanding of the development of the city. Arranged chronologically, the book is divided into decades representing significant periods of history in Detroit and in the nation. The period of 1918 to 1927 was marked by mass migration to Detroit, while the country was in the throes of the depression from 1928 to 1937. From 1938 to 1947, World War II and the 1943 race riot profoundly affected the lives of Detroiters. In the decade from 1948 to 1957 the beginnings of civil unrest became apparent. From 1958 to 1967 America was shaken by the upheaval of war and assassination, and Detroit was scarred by the violence of civil disturbance. Previously published histories of Detroit have typically excluded any examination of life in the black community. Untold Tales, Unsung Heroes, however, offers an authentic and personal look at the reality of life among African Americans in the city, bringing to light the perceptions and contributions of true heroes and heroines whose stories have been told here for the first time Notes Includes index Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Biography Oral history. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) African Americans Civil rights movements Oral history Race relations African Americans -- Michigan. Quelle SUBJECT Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relations Subject Michigan -- Detroit United States, Michigan, Wayne, Detroit -- Minorities. United States, Michigan, Wayne, Detroit -- History. United States, Michigan, Wayne, Detroit -- Biography. Detroit, Mich. Schwärze Genre/Form Oral history oral histories (literary works) collective biographies. Oral histories Biographies History Oral histories. Biographies. Oral histories. Histoires orales. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780814338490 0814338496

Other Titles Oral history of Detroit's African American community, 1918-1967

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