Nearly 370,000 black soldiers served in the military during World War I, and some 400,000 black civilians migrated from the rural South to the urban North for defense jobs. Following the war, embolden
Nearly 370,000 black soldiers served in the military during World War I, and some 400,000 black civilians migrated from the rural South to the urban North for defense jobs. Following the war, embolden
" When it emerged in the United States in 1852, the Young Men's Christian Association excluded blacks from membership in white branches but encouraged blacks to form their own associations and to join
Compelling as well as informative, Portraits of African American Life since 1865 gives students a heightened understanding of the evolution of what it has meant to be black and American through more t
The YMCA and the YWCA have been an integral part of America's urban landscape since their emergence almost 150 years ago. Yet the significant influence these organizations had on American society has
