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The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle's Central District from 1870 Through the Civil Rights Era

Name: The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle's Central District from 1870 Through the Civil Rights Era
Brand: University of Washington Press
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Contributors:

Quintard Taylor, Quin'nita Cobbins-Modica (Foreword by), Norman Rice (Foreword by)

Publisher:

University of Washington Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

History, Social Science

Book Subcategory:

United States, Ethnic Studies, Minority Studies

Book Topic:

State & Local, American

Edition Description:

2nd Edition

Series:

Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Western History and Biography

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Release Date:

2022-06-07

ISBN 13:

9780295750415

Weight:

1.35 lbs

Size:

8.90 x 6.00 x 1.10 inches

Pages:

426

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Seattle's first black resident was a sailor named Manuel Lopes who arrived in 1858 and became the small community's first barber. He left in the early 1870s to seek economic prosperity elsewhere, but as Seattle transformed from a stopover town to a full-fledged city, African Americans began to stay and build a community. By the early twentieth century, black life in Seattle coalesced in the Central District, a four-square-mile section east of downtown. Black Seattle, however, was never a monolith. Through world wars, economic booms and busts, and the civil rights movement, black residents and leaders negotiated intragroup conflicts and had varied approaches to challenging racial inequity. Despite these differences, they nurtured a distinct African American culture and black urban community ethos. With a new foreword and afterword, this second edition of The Forging of a Black Community is essential to understanding the history and present of the largest black community in the Pacific Northwest.

About the Author

Quintard Taylor is the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History and professor emeritus at the University of Washington. Quin'Nita Cobbins-Modica is assistant professor of history at Seattle Pacific University. Albert S. Broussard is Cornerstone Faculty Fellow and professor of history at Texas A&M University. Norm Rice was Seattle's mayor from 1990 to 1997.

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