Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City

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"Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City" is a landmark sociological study that examines the social, economic, and cultural life of African Americans in Chicago’s South Side during the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
sociological study
academicDiscipline African American studies
anthropology
sociology
urban studies
analyzes Black businesses
Black employment patterns
Black political organizations
Black religious institutions
segregation in housing
author Horace R. Cayton
linked to: Horace Cayton

St. Clair Drake
context Great Migration
Jim Crow era
linked to: Jim Crow laws
countryOfOrigin United States
examines cultural life of African Americans in Chicago
economic life of African Americans in Chicago
political life of African Americans in Chicago
social life of African Americans in Chicago
focusesOnPeriod early 20th century
genre African American studies
sociology
urban studies
influenced later studies of urban Black communities
scholarship on race and the city
language English
mainSubject African American community life
African Americans in Chicago
Chicago South Side
linked to: South Side, Chicago

race relations in the United States
urban sociology
notableFor detailed empirical research on Black urban life
pioneering study of a northern Black metropolis
placeOfStudy Chicago
Chicago South Side
linked to: South Side, Chicago
publicationYear 1945
publisher Harper & Brothers
recognizedAs classic of urban sociology
landmark in African American social science
setting Black Belt of Chicago
linked to: Black Belt

Chicago ghetto
linked to: South Side, Chicago
structure two-volume work
usesMethod historical analysis
participant observation
statistical analysis

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St. Clair Drake notableWork Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City
St. Clair Drake coAuthorOf Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City
Horace Cayton notableWork Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City
Horace Cayton describedBySource Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City
John St. Clair Drake notableWork Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City
subject linked to: John
John Gibbs St. Clair Drake notableWork Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City
Bronzeville neighborhood (portion) alsoKnownAs Chicago’s Black Metropolis
linked to: Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City