With the migration of African American sharecroppers to northern cities in the first half of the 20th century, the African American population of Milwaukee grew from fewer than 1, 000 in 1900 to nearly 22, 000 by 1950. Most settled around a 12-block area along Walnut Street that came to be known as Milwaukees Bronzeville, a thriving residential, business, and entertainment community. Barbershops, restaurants, drugstores, and funeral homes were started with a little money saved from overtime pay at factory jobs or extra domestic work taken on by the women. Exotic nightclubs, taverns, and restaurants attracted a racially mixed clientele, and daytime social clubs sponsored matinees that were dress-up events featuring local bands catering to neighborhood residents. Bronzeville is remembered by African American elders as a good place to grow uptimes were hard, but the community was tight.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- One - COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
- Two - CHURCHES THERE IS A BALM IN GILEAD
- Three - SCHOOLS FREEDOM IS COMING!
- Four - ENTERTAINMENT MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY
- Five - SPORTS GUIDE MY FEET
- Six - FAMILY SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER?
- Seven - EMPLOYMENT WE ARE MARCHING
- Eight - LEADERS LEAD ME, GUIDE ME
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