Building the Black City: The Transformation of American Life

by Joe William Trotter Jr.

A new way of seeing Black history--the sweeping story of how American cities as we know them developed from the vision, aspirations, and actions of the Black poor.

Building the Black City shows how African Americans built and rebuilt thriving cities for themselves, even as their unpaid and underpaid labor enriched the nation's economic, political, and cultural elites. Covering an incredible range of cities from the North to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520344413
• ISBN13: 9780520344419
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 296 Pages