Hirsch, Arnold R. (Arnold Richard), 1949-2018
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1949-2018
Biographical Statement
Arnold R. Hirsch (1949-2018) was born in Chicago, Illinois. He later served as a professor at the University of New Orleans between 1979 and 2010. He is best known for his book Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago 1940-1960 (1983), where he discusses the housing segregation and racial struggles in Chicago following two decades after World War II. His work covers the second Great Migration of African-Americans from the South to the North and the segregation that they experienced, which he argues was not a natural process. During his time at the University of New Orleans, Hirsch also served as the Ethel & Herman L. Midlo Endowed Chair and the director of the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Arnold Hirsch collection of Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: ##na5
Abstract
This collection consists of sound recordings of oral history interviews conducted by Arnold R. Hirsch from April to November of 1987 and again in May 1994 with persons involved in politics and government on a local and state level, as well as civil rights issues in New Orleans. This collection explores the racial politics of New Orleans before and after the Civil Rights Movement, and how the interviewees were able to navigate through the constant changes and challenges of the time. The...
Dates:
Created: 1987; Other: Date acquired: 05/31/2018