Deidre Hazel Pauline Hill -- Africana Library, Cornell University

Author: Deidre Hazel Pauline Hill

Title: Without Struggle There Is No Progress: An Ethnohistoric Study of Ithaca, New York's African American Community

Degree Date: January 1994

Committee Chairperson: William E. Cross, Jr.

Call Number: Thesis DT 3 .5 1994 H645

Description: viii, 99 leaves: ill.; 29 cm.

Abstract: This is a social history of African Americans in Ithaca. It gives an account of how and why African Americans came to Ithaca and, after they settled, how they created and sustained diverse cultural institutions. One of the most notable institutions is the South Side Community Center. By closely examining the Center's evolution, decline, and giving suggestions towards its rejuvenation, one gains further knowledge of the cultural dynamics within Ithaca's African American community.


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Print This Page Thesis Abstract Author: Deidre Hazel Pauline Hill Title: Without Struggle There Is No Progress: An Ethnohistoric Study of Ithaca, New York's African American Community Degree Date: January 1994 Committee Chairperson: William E. Cross, Jr. Call Number: Thesis DT 3 .5 1994 H645 Description: viii, 99 leaves: ill.; 29 cm. Abstract: This is a social history of African Americans in Ithaca. It gives an account of how and why African Americans came to Ithaca and, after they settled, how they created and sustained diverse cultural institutions. One of the most notable institutions is the South Side Community Center. By closely examining the Center's evolution, decline, and giving suggestions towards its rejuvenation, one gains further knowledge of the cultural dynamics within Ithaca's African American community.

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