The Forging of a Black Community
Seattle's Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era
2nd Edition
Published on 7. June 2022
426 pages
978-0-295-75065-1 (ISBN)
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Seattle's first black resident was a sailor named Manuel Lopes who arrived in 1858 and became the small community's first barber. He left in the early 1870s to seek economic prosperity elsewhere, but as Seattle transformed from a stopover town to a full-fledged city, African Americans began to stay and build a community. By the early twentieth century, black life in Seattle coalesced in the Central District, a four-square-mile section east of downtown. Black Seattle, however, was never a monolith. Through world wars, economic booms and busts, and the civil rights movement, black residents and leaders negotiated intragroup conflicts and had varied approaches to challenging racial inequity. Despite these differences, they nurtured a distinct African American culture and black urban community ethos. With a new foreword and afterword, this second edition of The Forging of a Black Community is essential to understanding the history and present of the largest black community in the Pacific Northwest.
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The Forging of a Black Community
Seattle's Central District from 1870 Through the Civil Rights Era
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2nd Edition
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Quintard Taylor
The Forging of a Black Community
Seattle's Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era
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07/2011
1st Edition
University of Washington Press
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Quintard Taylor is the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History and professor emeritus at the University of Washington. Quin'Nita Cobbins-Modica is assistant professor of history at Seattle Pacific University. Albert S. Broussard is Cornerstone Faculty Fellow and professor of history at Texas A&M University. Norm Rice was Seattle's mayor from 1990 to 1997.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Quin'Nita Cobbins-Modica
- Foreword to the First Edition by Norman Rice
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Seattle: The Urban Frontier
- Part One. African Americans in a Frontier City,1860-1899
- 1. Origins and Foundations, 1860-1899
- Part Two. The Black Community Emerges, 1900-1940
- 2. Employment and Economics, 1900-1940
- 3. Housing, Civil Rights, and Politics, 1900-1940
- 4. Blacks and Asians in a White City, 1870-1942
- 5. The Forging of a Black Community Ethos, 1900-1940
- Part Three. Black Seattle in the Modern Era, 1941-1970
- 6. The Transformation of the Central District, 1941-1960
- 7. From "Freedom Now" to "Black Power," 1960-1970
- Conclusion: Black Seattle, Past, Present, and Future
- Afterword by Albert S. Broussard
- Appendixes
- 1. Founding Members of the Seattle NAACP, October 23, 1913
- 2. Black Seattle: The Social Nexus
- 3. Growth of Seattle's Black Population, 1860-2010
- 4. Seattle's Minority Population, 1900-2010
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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