Why White Contractors on Negro Jobs

Why White Contractors on Negro Jobs

Joseph Trent; contruction; African-American contractors

In this newspaper article from the Philadelphia Tribune, Joseph Trent discusses how white architects, who design African American Methodist Episcopal Churches, often choose not to use black builders. Trent claims there were numerous occasions in which his bid for the job equaled that of the white competition, but he was passed over in favor or white builders. Trent's building industry was one of very few African American focused industrial employers in the city of Philadelphia during the Great Migration.

Orrin C. Evans

WCU, HIS 601/HON 452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014

January 23, 1930

John Hashagen

Used by permission of the Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. All rights reserved. The Philadelphia Tribune, with 130 years of continuous publication, is the oldest newspaper in the United States serving the African-American community.

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