Alabamanorth: African-American Migrants, Community, and Working-Class Activism in Cleveland, 1915-45

by Kimberley L. Phillips

Langston Hughes called it "a great dark tide from the South" the unprecedented influx of blacks into Cleveland that gave the city the nickname "Alabama North." Kimberley L. Phillips reveals the breadth of working class black experiences and activities in Cleveland and the extent to which these were shaped by traditions and values brought from the South.

Migrants' moves north established complex networks of kin and friends and infused Cleveland...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252067932
• ISBN13: 9780252067938
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"