Kevin McGruder (Antioch College)

Philip Payton

The Father of Black Harlem

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Produktbeschreibung

The Black real estate entrepreneur Philip Payton played a central role in Harlemà â â s transformation into a Black community in the early twentieth century. In this biography, Kevin McGruder explores Paytonà â â s career and its implications for the history of residential segregation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 228mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9780231198936
• ISBN-10: 0231198930
• Artikelnr.: 60589464

Autorenporträt

Kevin McGruder is associate professor of history at Antioch College. He is the author of Race and Real Estate: Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem, 1890-1920 (Columbia, 2015). In the 1990s, he was director of real estate development for the Abyssinian Development Corporation, a nonprofit church-based organization in Harlem.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Paytons Before and in Westfield
2. The Provincial in New York City
3. Entering the Field of Battle
4. Battles in the Streets and the Courtroom
5. To Liberia and Back
6. Fifty Years of Freedom National
7. The Last Big Deal
Epilogue
Chronology
Notes
Bibliography
Index