Black Chicago's New Deal Congressmen: Migration, Ghettoization
BLACK CHICAGO’S NEW DEAL CONGRESSMEN: MIGRATION, GHETTOIZATION, AND THE ORIGINS OF CIVIL RIGHTS POLITICS By MICHAEL EDWARD BRANDON A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2015 © 2015 Michael Edward Brandon To my courageous family of migrants and our dearly departed ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost, I thank my Mom, Dad, Brother, and extended family for love and encouragement in the pursuit of all my dreams. I’m forever indebted to Charles Irons, Watson Jennison, and William Link, whose confidence in a young historian made my academic career possible. At each major stage of my intellectual development, they’ve committed their time and hearts to my words and ideas. I also thank the Elon faculty, who ensured that I was a student and an athlete. In particular, Clyde Ellis, who guided me to a master’s program, and, John Sullivan, who taught me to “choose large mind.” Go Phoenix! In Greensboro, I was extremely fortunate to work with Charles Bolton, Thomas Jackson, Jeff Jones, and Karl Schleunes, who taught an inexperienced historian a lot about civil rights, human rights, public policy, Soviet Communism, Nazi Fascism. In Gainesville, I’ve had the great fortune to work with Paul Ortiz and the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, which has impressed upon me a fundamental belief that academics have democratic commitments outside of the classroom. My graduate training at the University of Florida would not have been possible without a McKnight Doctoral Fellowship and financial support from the Graduate School and the History Department.
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