The Negro War Worker in San Francisco. A Local Self-Survey
San Francisco: 1944. 98pp. Original printed wrappers, stabled. Reproduced typescript. Light wear, some staining and soiling to wraps. Text moderately toned. Good plus. Item #3251
A scarce and detailed sociological study that focuses on the 60,000 African Americans that migrated to San Francisco during World War II. The work considers many aspects of the rapidly growing Black community in the Bay Area, with chapter headings such as "Population," "The Negro Family Group in San Francisco," "Housing," "The School and Migrant Children, "Industry and Employment," and "Problems of Adjustment of the Negro Migrant Family." The study makes use of many statistical charts that are reproduced here. According to the title page, the report was, "A project, financed by a San Francisco citizen, administered by the YWCA, and carried out in connection with the Race Relations Program of the American Missionary Association, Dr. Charles S. Johnson, Director, and the Julius Rosenwald Fund."
Price: $500.00