{"product_id":"history-of-the-chicago-urban-arvarh-e-strickland-9780826213471","title":"History of the Chicago Urban League","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first scholarly study of a local racial advancement organization, \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Chicago Urban League\u003c\/i\u003e provides a detailed history of the Chicago League from its founding in 1916 through the early years of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and relates the work of this agency to broader developments in Chicago and the nation. In his introduction, Christopher Robert Reed, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago NAACP and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership, 1910-1966, \u003c\/i\u003e cites Strickland's work as a landmark study of the earliest civil rights efforts in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrickland begins by tracing the development of the League through the various socioeconomic upheavals of this century and describes its services to the African American community so strongly affected by those events. He examines the methods of the League, its sources of financial support over the years, and the individual efforts and contributions of such dedicated leaders as T. Arnold Hill, Albon L. Foster, Sidney Williams, and Edwin C. Berry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he studies the approaches utilized by the Chicago Urban League in adjusting to the challenges resulting from the \"Black Revolt,\" Strickland explores the forces that contributed to the effectiveness of the organization's efforts to improve African American life in Chicago during the 1960s. In a brief preface to this new edition of History of the Chicago Urban League, Strickland recalls his own experience as a young man from small-town Mississippi being immersed in the urbanization of a major American city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arvarh E. Strickland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826213472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826213471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 5.94w x 0.88d","brand":"Arvarh E. Strickland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44212996145407,"sku":"9780826213471","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79997eff-4f62-404a-9091-030ec338cdb2.jpg?v=1692111460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/history-of-the-chicago-urban-arvarh-e-strickland-9780826213471","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}