William Dorsey's Philadelphia and Ours: On the Past and Future of the Black City in AmericaOxford University Press, 15 de ago. de 1991 - 512 páginas Lane here illuminates the African-American experience through a close look at a single city, once the metropolitan headquarters of black America, now typical of many. He recognizes that urban history offers more clues, both to modern accomplishments and to modern problems, than the dead past of rural slavery. The book's historical section is based on hundreds of newly discovered scrapbooks kept by William Henry Dorsey, Philadelphia's first black historian. These provide an intimate and comprehensive view of the critical period between the Civil War and about 1900, when African-Americans, formally free and increasingly urban, made the biggest educational and occupational gains in history. Dorsey's tens of thousands of newspaper clippings and other sources, detail records of high culture and low, success and scandal, personal and public life. In the final chapters Lane outlines the urban situation today, the strong parallels between past and present that suggest the power of continuity and the equally strong differences that point to the possibility of change. |
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... Henry - Archives . I. Title . F158.9.N4L36 974.8'1100496073 - dc20 1991 90-41311 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid - free paper To William Henry Dorsey This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments.
... Henry - Archives . I. Title . F158.9.N4L36 974.8'1100496073 - dc20 1991 90-41311 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid - free paper To William Henry Dorsey This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments.
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... Henry Dorsey Collection to my attention , and again shared his knowledge of Philadelphia's 19th - century black history , his collections , and his own published and un- published work . Charles R. Blockson , curator of the Blockson ...
... Henry Dorsey Collection to my attention , and again shared his knowledge of Philadelphia's 19th - century black history , his collections , and his own published and un- published work . Charles R. Blockson , curator of the Blockson ...
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... Henry Dorsey 309 PART IV WILLIAM DORSEY'S CITY AND OURS 12. Survivals and Evolution : The Black City Today 337 13. Transition : From There to Here 354 14. A Common Destiny : Prospects for the Black City 374 APPENDIX I. The William Henry ...
... Henry Dorsey 309 PART IV WILLIAM DORSEY'S CITY AND OURS 12. Survivals and Evolution : The Black City Today 337 13. Transition : From There to Here 354 14. A Common Destiny : Prospects for the Black City 374 APPENDIX I. The William Henry ...
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... also worked to understand and preserve it , notably William Henry Dorsey , to whom this book is dedicated . The city has never lacked for able Afro - American historians , but he was in many ways the first Introduction xiii.
... also worked to understand and preserve it , notably William Henry Dorsey , to whom this book is dedicated . The city has never lacked for able Afro - American historians , but he was in many ways the first Introduction xiii.
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... Henry Dorsey.1 Dorsey was named the Society's " custodian " perhaps because his own contributions were central to it , certainly bigger than those of any other member . Some aspects of his life , and his family's , remain as obscure as ...
... Henry Dorsey.1 Dorsey was named the Society's " custodian " perhaps because his own contributions were central to it , certainly bigger than those of any other member . Some aspects of his life , and his family's , remain as obscure as ...
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OCCUPATIONS AND MAKING A LIVING | 57 |
Illustrations | 190 |
THE WEB OF ORGANIZATION RELIGION RACE CLASS AND RECREATION | 229 |
WILLIAM DORSEYS CITY AND OURS | 335 |
APPENDIX I The William Henry Dorsey Collection at Cheyney State University | 411 |
APPENDIX II Sources for William Dorsey and His Family | 413 |
APPENDIX III Philadelphians Most Noted in the Dorsey Collection | 416 |
APPENDIX IV Elite Philadelphians 1860s and 1890s | 420 |
Notes | 423 |
Index | 459 |
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