The Chicago Naacp and the Rise of Black

"... the definitive history not only of the Chicago National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) but of the city's black middle class as well." -- Journal of American History"... a candid portrait of the Chicago branch of the NAACP, one of the association's most important chapters.... It also offers a revealing window onto a half-century of race relations in Chicago." -- Chicago TribuneEvolving through six decades of white resistance, black indifference and internal group struggle, the Chicago NAACP was affected both adversely and positively by two world wars, national depression, the Cold War conflict and growing class differentiation among African Americans.

Christopher Reed, Associate Professor of History and former Director of the Center for African and African American Studies at Roosevelt University, has published articles on black Chicago history in the Illinois Historical Journal, Journal of Ethnic Studies, Michigan Historical Review, and Journal of Black Studies.

PREFACE

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DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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1. Prologue: Making the NAACP Branch "a Necessity" in Chicago

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2. Progressive-Era Chicago, 1900-1919

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3. From Vigilance Committee to Branch, 1910-1916

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4. "The New Negro" in the Black Metropolis, 1917-1924

44

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5. The Black Patriarchy, 1925-1932

66

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6. A. C. MacNeal and the "Whole Loaf or None at All," 1933-1937

90

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7. Crises of Charter and War, 1938-1945

109

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8. Democracy at Work, 1946-1953

128

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9. At the Apex of Militant Activism, 1954-1957

161

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10. Epilogue: The Era of the "Civil Rights Revolution," 1958-1966

192

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NOTES

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INDEX

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The Chicago Naacp and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership, 1910-1966

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