Historical Studies of "Long Civil Rights Movement" in the 20th Century.

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25884024
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: TAKEI HIROSHI 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 特任講師(ジュニアフェロー) (10707368)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: アメリカ史 / 公民権運動 / 人種 / 都市 / 公営住宅 / ジェンダー / 移民 / 住宅政策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to analyze the African Americans’ struggle for decent housing in northern cities in the mid-twentieth century America. By exploring two consecutive racial disturbances that were caused by controversies over public housing, this study shows that African American residential space extended by connecting with nearby black communities. This study also shows that public housing worked as a conjunction among disperse African American communities. Through collecting primary sources, I also clarified that there was contact between housing reformers and civil rights leaders.

Free Research Field

西洋史（アメリカ史）