Not alms but opportunity : the Urban League & the politics of racial uplift, 1910-1950

Not alms but opportunity : the Urban League & the politics of racial uplift, 1910-1950 / Touré F. Reed.

Author/creator	Reed, Touré F.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008.
Description	xviii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	National Urban League--History --20th century. African Americans--New York (State) --New York --Social conditions --20th century. African Americans--Illinois --Chicago --Social conditions --20th century. Social classes--New York (State) --New York --History --20th century. Social classes--Illinois --Chicago --History --20th century. African Americans--Social conditions --To 1964. African Americans--Economic conditions --20th century. New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions --20th century. Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions --20th century.

Contents	The ideological origins of the Urban League -- Community development and housing, 1910-1932 -- Vocational training, employment, and job placements, 1910-1932 -- Labor unions, social reorganization, and the acculturation of Black workers, 1910-1932 -- Vocational guidance and organized labor during the New Deal, 1933-1940 -- Employment from the March on Washington movement to the Pilot Placement Project, 1940-1950 -- Housing and neighborhood work in the age of the welfare state, 1933-1950.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-244) and index.
LCCN	2008007810
ISBN	9780807832233 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807832235 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780807859025 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807859028 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E 185.5.N33 R44 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold