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Places of Their Own - African American Suburbanization in the Twentieth Century (Paperback, New edition)
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Places of Their Own - African American Suburbanization in the Twentieth Century (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Historical Studies of Urban America
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On Melbenan Drive just west of Atlanta, sunlight falls onto a long
row of well-kept lawns. Two dozen homes line the street; behind
them wooden decks and living-room windows open onto vast woodland
properties. Residents returning from their jobs steer SUVs into
long driveways and emerge from their automobiles. They walk to the
front doors of their houses past sculptured bushes and flowers in
bloom.
For most people, this cozy image of suburbia does not immediately
evoke images of African Americans. But as this pioneering work
demonstrates, the suburbs have provided a home to black residents
in increasing numbers for the past hundred years--in the last two
decades alone, the numbers have nearly doubled to just under twelve
million. "Places of Their Own" begins a hundred years ago, painting
an austere portrait of the conditions that early black residents
found in isolated, poor suburbs. Andrew Wiese insists, however,
that they moved there by choice, withstanding racism and poverty
through efforts to shape the landscape to their own needs. Turning
then to the 1950s, Wiese illuminates key differences between black
suburbanization in the North and South. He considers how African
Americans in the South bargained for separate areas where they
could develop their own neighborhoods, while many of their northern
counterparts transgressed racial boundaries, settling in
historically white communities. Ultimately, Wiese explores how the
civil rights movement emboldened black families to purchase homes
in the suburbs with increased vigor, and how the passage of civil
rights legislation helped pave the way for today's black middle
class.
Tracing the precise contours of black migration to thesuburbs over
the course of the whole last century and across the entire United
States, "Places of Their Own" will be a foundational book for
anyone interested in the African American experience or the role of
race and class in the making of America's suburbs.
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