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The Chicago Black renaissance and women's activism /
The untold story of the prodigious activism of African American women on Chicago's south side Following on the heels of the Harlem Renaissance, the Chicago Renaissance was a resonant flourishing of African American arts, literature, theater, music, and intellectualism, from 1930 to 1955. Anne...
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| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
c2006.
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| 999 | |c 319015 |d 319015 | ||
| 010 | |a 2005012420 | ||
| 020 | |a 9780252030475 (cloth : alk. paper) | ||
| 020 | |a 0252030478 (cloth : alk. paper) | ||
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| 100 | 1 | |a Knupfer, Anne Meis, | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Chicago Black renaissance and women's activism / |c Anne Meis Knupfer. |
| 260 | |a Urbana : |b University of Illinois Press, |c c2006. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 244 p. : |b ill., maps ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Models of Black activism -- Parkway Community House -- Community sponsorship of literature and the arts -- Schools as sites of activism -- Black women's clubs -- Women's activism in public housing -- The Chicago YWCAs -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. List of Black female community activists, artists, and professionals, 1930-60 -- Appendix B. List of Black Southside community organizations and addresses, 1930-60. | |
| 520 | |a The untold story of the prodigious activism of African American women on Chicago's south side Following on the heels of the Harlem Renaissance, the Chicago Renaissance was a resonant flourishing of African American arts, literature, theater, music, and intellectualism, from 1930 to 1955. Anne Meis Knupfer’s The Chicago Black Renaissance and Women’s Activism demonstrates the complexity of black women’s many vital contributions to this unique cultural flowering. The book examines various groups of black female activists, including writers and actresses, social workers, artists, school teachers, and women’s club members to document the impact of social class, gender, nativity, educational attainment, and professional affiliations on their activism. Together, these women worked to sponsor black history and literature, to protest overcrowded schools, and to act as a force for improved South Side housing and employment opportunities. Knupfer also reveals the crucial role these women played in founding and sustaining black cultural institutions, such as the first African American art museum in the country; the first African American library in Chicago; and various African American literary journals and newspapers. As a point of contrast, Knupfer also examines the overlooked activism of working-class and poor women in the Ida B. Wells and Altgeld Gardens housing projects. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a African Americans |z Illinois |z Chicago |x Intellectual life |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African Americans |z Illinois |z Chicago |x Social conditions |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African Americans |z Illinois |z Chicago |x Politics and government |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American women |x Political activity |z Illinois |z Chicago |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American women political activists |z Illinois |z Chicago |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American women |z Illinois |z Chicago |x Societies and clubs. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Community life |z Illinois |z Chicago |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 856 | 4 | 1 | |3 Table of contents |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005012420.html |
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| 651 | 0 | |a Chicago (Ill.) |x Intellectual life |y 20th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Chicago (Ill.) |x Social conditions |y 20th century. | |
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