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In Moving Up, Moving Out, Will Cooley discusses the damage racism and discrimination have exacted on black Chicagoans in the twentieth century, while accentuating the resilience of upwardly-mobile African Americans. Cooley examines how class differences created fissures in the black community and produced quandaries for black Chicagoans interested in racial welfare. While black Chicagoans engaged in collective struggles, they also used individualistic means to secure the American Dream. Black Chicagoans demonstrated their talent and ambitions, but they entered through the narrow gate, and whites denied them equal opportunities in the educational institutions, workplaces, and neighborhoods th...
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[pt.1]: Hearings were held in Morristown, Tenn; [pt.2]: Continuation of hearings on alleged terrorism and coercion against members of Textile Workers Union in Morristown, Tenn., during 1950 strike against American Enka Corp. Contains reproductions of sworn depositions and other supporting evidence.