Sex workers, psychics, and numbers runners : black women in New York City's underground economy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harris, LaShawn, 1974- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Series:	New Black studies series.
Subjects:	African American women > Employment > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. Under-the-table employment > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. Informal sector > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Black women, urban labor, and New York's informal economy
Madame queen of policy: Stephanie St. Clair, Harlem's numbers racket, and community advocacy
Black women supernatural consultants, numbers gambling, and public outcries against supernaturalism
'I have my own room on 139th street": black women and the urban sex economy
"Decent and god-fearing men and women' are restricted to these districts": community activism against urban vice and informal labor.