The Other Great Migration: The Movement of Rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941

Contents

Foreword ix Preface xi Introduction 1 one Pulling Up the Stakes The Great Migration to Houston, 1900–1930 15 two Building a City Migrant Settlements in Houston, 1900–1941 55 three Beautiful People Agency in Houston, 1900–1941 95 four “That Was Their Protection and Safeguard” Houston’s “New Negro,” 1917–1941 141 Contents Verso Runninghead viii five in “The garden of eden” The Houston Renaissance, 1900–1941 187 six The Black economy at Work Wage Earners, Professionals, Economic Crisis, and the Origins of the Second Great Migration, 1900–1941 213 Conclusion New Beginnings, New Institutions, New Migrations 277 Notes 291 Bibliography 387 Index 431 viii Contents ...