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Beginning a hundred years ago, this book paints an austere portrait of the conditions that early black residents found in isolated, poor suburbs. It explores how the civil rights movement emboldened more black families to purchase suburban homes and how the passage of civil rights legislation helped pave the way for today's black middle class.

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"A work of exceptionally broad research, Places of Their Own does much more than simply document the presence of African Americans in suburbs. It also illustrates how black suburbanization changed over the course of the twentieth century." - Amanda Seligman, Journal of Planning History"

Places of Their Own African American

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/12/2005
    ISBN13: 9780226896250, 978-0226896250
    ISBN10: 0226896250
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    History of the Americas Social groups, communities and identities

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Beginning a hundred years ago, this book paints an austere portrait of the conditions that early black residents found in isolated, poor suburbs. It explores how the civil rights movement emboldened more black families to purchase suburban homes and how the passage of civil rights legislation helped pave the way for today's black middle class.

    Trade Review
    "A work of exceptionally broad research, Places of Their Own does much more than simply document the presence of African Americans in suburbs. It also illustrates how black suburbanization changed over the course of the twentieth century." - Amanda Seligman, Journal of Planning History"

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