The African American experience since the nineteenth century has included the resettlement of people from slavery to freedom, agriculture to industry. South to North, and rural to urban centers. This book is a documentary histopry of this process over more than two hundred years in Toledo, Ohio. There are four sections: the origin of the Black community, 1787 to 1900; the formation of community life, 1900 to 1950; community development and struggle, 1950 to 2000; and survival during deindustrialisation, 2000 to 2016.

Edited by : Abdul Alkalimat and Rubin Patterson

ISBN: 9781608461554

Publisher: Haymarket Books