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Political Meetings in the Chicago “Black Belt”1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Harold F. Gosnell
Harold F. Gosnell
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University of Chicago
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Political meetings constitute one of the means employed by the Negro political leaders in Chicago to develop and maintain party morale. The Republican rallies in the second and third wards are unique affairs, not to be duplicated in other parts of the city. The political meetings have taken over some of the patterns of religious revivals or camp meetings. A party gathering which is not packed and which does not stir up an emotional response is looked upon as very unusual. The audience is attentive, enthusiastic, patient, good natured, and content to sit for many hours on uncomfortable seats. When a speaker says something which strikes a popular chord, the listeners shout, clap, or wave programs, hats, or hands in the air.

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American Government and Politics
Information
American Political Science Review , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 1934 , pp. 254 - 258
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1934

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2 Report of political meetings held April 1, 1930, February 27, 1933.

3 Report of political meetings held November 27, 1931, and April 3, 1932.

4 Report of political meeting held April 9, 1932.

5 Report of political meeting held February 17, 1933.

6 “Forty years ago, when I came here, there were just a handful of Negroes in this organization. Eighteen hundred dollars was the largest salary any Negro received and there were scarcely a half dozen with jobs. From there we have come to the place where we have controlled 350 jobs with a pay roll up into the hundreds of thousands.” Report of political meeting held November 20, 1931.

7 Report of political meeting held October 31, 1930.

8 Political meeting, March 30, 1930.

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