Knock at the Door of Opportunity: Black Migration to Chicago, 1900-1919

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Knock at the Door of Opportunity Slaughter family. Author’s collection. at the Door of Opportunity Black Migration to Chicago, 1900–1919 Christopher Robert Reed Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale Knock Copyright © 2014 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 17 16 15 14 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reed, Christopher Robert. Knock at the door of opportunity : black migration to Chicago, 1900–1919 / Christopher Robert Reed. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8093-3333-2 (hardback) ISBN 0-8093-3333-3 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-8093-3334-9 (ebook) ISBN 0-8093-3334-1 (ebook) 1. African Americans—Illinois—Chicago—History—20th century. 2. African Americans—Migrations—History—20th century. 3. Migration, Internal—United States—History—20th century. 4. Chicago (Ill.)—Race relations—History—20th century. 5. Chicago (Ill.)—Social conditions— 20th century. I. Title. F548.9.N4R4445 2014 305.896'073077311—dc23 2013036578 Printed on recycled paper. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. ...