River Jordan: African American Urban Life in the Ohio Valley

by Joe William Trotter Jr. and Professor of History Joe William Trotter Jr.

Since the nineteenth century, the Ohio River has represented a great divide for African Americans. It provided a passage to freedom along the underground railroad, and during the industrial age, it was a boundary between the Jim Crow South and the urban North. The Ohio became known as the "River Jordan," symbolizing the path to the promised land. In the urban centers of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Evansville, blacks faced racial hostility...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813109507
• ISBN13: 9780813109503
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher