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Canada and the United States

William W. Giffin. African Americans and the Color Line in Ohio, 1915–1930. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. 2005. Pp. 312. Cloth $49.95, CD $9.95.

At first glance, a study of African Americans in a single state—Ohio—during a fifteen-year period might seem limited; actually this book is extremely ambitious. First, there is little that unifies the African American experience in Ohio, since the southern part of the state was strongly influenced by the slave culture of adjoining states, while the northern portion was affected first by its New England settlers and then later by major industrialization. Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati are strikingly different cities, each with its own black communities—and all three, plus many smaller locations, are discussed in great detail in William W. Giffin's work. Indeed because little statewide action or policy is discussed, Giffin's focus on Ohio seems to have developed more out of a desire to describe diverse experiences than one to show connections.

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