Black Movement

<p>The Great Migration of African Americans from the South to northern and western cities between 1915 and 1970 fundamentally altered the political social and cultural landscapes of major urban centers like New York Chicago Philadelphia and Detroit and changed the country as well. By the late twentieth century Black people were mayors police chiefs and school superintendents often at parity and sometimes overrepresented in municipal jobs in these and other cities which were also hubs for Black literature music film and politics.<br/><br/>Since the 1970s migration patterns have significantly shifted away from the major sites of the Great Migration where some iconic Black communities have been replaced by mostly non-Black residents. Although many books have examined Black urban experiences in America this is the first written by historians focusing on the post–Great Migration era. It is centered on numerous facets of Black life including popular culture policing suburbanization and political organizing across multiple cities. In this landmark volume Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar and his contributors explore the last half century of African American urban history covering a landscape transformed since the end of the Great Migration and demonstrating how cities remain dynamic into the twenty-first century.<br/><br/>Contributors are Stefan M. Bradley Scot Brown Tatiana M. F. Cruz Tom Adam Davies LaShawn Harris Maurice J. Hobson Shannon King Melanie D. Newport Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar Brian Purnell J. T. Roane Chanelle Rose Benjamin H. Saracco and Fiona Vernal.</p>