
The Forging of a Black Community
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Through much of the twentieth century, black Seattle was synonymous with the Central District--a four-square-mile section near the geographic center of the city. Quintard Taylor explores the evolution of this community from its first few residents in the 1870s to a population of nearly forty thousand in 1970. With events such as the massive influx of rural African Americans beginning with World War II and the transformation of African American community leadership in the 1960s from an integrationist to a �black power� stance, Seattle both anticipates and mirrors national trends. Thus, the book addresses not only a particular city in the Pacific Northwest but also the process of political change in black America.
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ForewordAcknowledgments
Introduction | Seattle: The Urban Frontier
Part 1 | African Americans in a Frontier City, 1860-18991. Origins and Foundations, 1860-1899
Part 2 | The Black Community Emerges, 1900-19402. Employment and Economics, 1900-19403. Housing, Civil Rights, and Politics, 1900-19404. Blacks and Asians in a White City, 1870-19425. The Forging of a Black Community Ethos, 1900-1940
Part 3 | Black Seattle in the Modern Era, 1941-19706. The Transformation of the Central District, 1941-19607. From "Freedom Now" to "Black Power," 1961-1970
Conclusion | Black Seattle, Past, Present, and Future
Appendix 1. Founding Members of the Seattle NAACPAppendix 2. Black Seattle: The Social NexusAppendix 3. Growth of Seattle's Black Population, 1860-1990Appendix 4. Seattle's Minority Population, 1900-1990
NotesBibliographyIndex
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