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Pittsburgh and the Urban League Movement - A Century of Social Service and Activism (Paperback)
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Pittsburgh and the Urban League Movement - A Century of Social Service and Activism (Paperback)
Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
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During the Great Migration, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became a
mecca for African Americans seeking better job opportunities,
wages, and living conditions. The city's thriving economy and
vibrant social and cultural scenes inspired dreams of prosperity
and a new start, but this urban haven was not free of
discrimination and despair. In the face of injustice, activists
formed the Urban League of Pittsburgh (ULP) in 1918 to combat
prejudice and support the city's growing African American
population. In this broad-ranging history, Joe William Trotter Jr.
uses this noteworthy branch of the National Urban League to provide
new insights into an organization that has often faced criticism
for its social programs' deep class and gender limitations.
Surveying issues including housing, healthcare, and occupational
mobility, Trotter underscores how the ULP - often in concert with
the Urban League's national headquarters - bridged social divisions
to improve the lives of black citizens of every class. He also
sheds new light on the branch's nonviolent direct-action campaigns
and places these powerful grassroots operations within the context
of the modern Black Freedom Movement. The impact of the National
Urban League is a hotly debated topic in African American social
and political history. Trotter's study provides valuable new
insights that demonstrate how the organization has relieved massive
suffering and racial inequality in US cities for more than a
century.
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