University Publications of America
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Black Workers in the Era of the Great Migration on Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: 5750 mf
Abstract
"Records relate to agricultural labor, industrial work, unionism, housing, race relations, returning veterans and their search for employment and the process of migration from the South to the North." (from Introduction by James R. Gross, editor). Reels 10-11 contain the records of the U.S. Railroad Administration's Women's Service Section. Reels 16-19 of this collection include records from the U.S. Women's Bureau concerning black women.
Dates:
1916-1925
The East St. Louis Race Riot of 1917 on Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: 5749 mf
Abstract
The public record on a murderous riot against Blacks sparked by the racial hatred and the uncertain economic conditions in post-World War I America.
Dates:
1917-1920