The other great migration : the movement of rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pruitt, Bernadette
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2013]
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 21.
Subjects:	African Americans > Texas > Houston > Migrations > History > 20th century. Rural-urban migration > Texas > Houston > History > 20th century. Migration, Internal > Texas > Houston > History > 20th century. African Americans > Texas > Houston > Social conditions > 20th century. Houston (Tex.) > Social conditions > 20th century. Community development > Texas > Houston > History > 20th century. Houston (Tex.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Pulling up the stakes: the great migration to Houston, 1900-1930
Building a city: migrant settlements in Houston, 1900-1941
Beautiful people: agency in Houston, 1900-1941
"That was their protection and safeguard": Houston's "new Negro," 1917-1941
In "the Garden of Eden": the Houston Renaissance, 1900-1941
The black economy at work: wage earners, professionals, economic crisis, and the origins of the second great migration, 1900-1941.