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“Save the Young People”: The Generational Politics of Racial Solidarity in Black Cleveland, 1906–1911

Metsner, Michael
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1270058042

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2010, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, History.
This thesis analyzes the contentious public debate over the proposal for the establishment of a “colored” branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) that took place within the ranks of Cleveland’s African-American leadership during the early twentieth century. It is my contention that the generational conflict over the proposal hinged on divergent interpretations of racial solidarity among Cleveland’s black leaders. Both the older and younger black men pled the cause of racial solidarity, yet their ideological limits differed markedly: the older generation opposed any program of racial solidarity that violated the enduring ethos of racial integration, while the younger generation was more than willing to advocate race-based institution building in the name of racial solidarity. Not only does the public controversy chart ideological fault lines within black Cleveland at the turn of the century, but it also begets a critical examination of the intricate racial philosophies underlying the debate.
Rhonda Y. Williams (Committee Chair)
Renee Sentilles (Committee Member)
John Grabowski (Committee Member)
98 p.
African Americans; American History; Black History; History; Minority and Ethnic Groups
African Americans; racial solidarity; racial separatism; racial integration; Cleveland; racial uplift; black journalism; black political thought; African American history.

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  • Metsner, M. (2010). “Save the Young People”: The Generational Politics of Racial Solidarity in Black Cleveland, 1906–1911 [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1270058042

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Metsner, Michael. “Save the Young People”: The Generational Politics of Racial Solidarity in Black Cleveland, 1906–1911. 2010. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1270058042.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Metsner, Michael. "“Save the Young People”: The Generational Politics of Racial Solidarity in Black Cleveland, 1906–1911." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1270058042

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