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Winning the war for democracy : the March on Washington Movement, 1941-1946 /

"Scholars regard the March on Washington Movement (MOWM) as a forerunner of the postwar Civil Rights movement. Led by the charismatic A. Philip Randolph, MOWM scored an early victory when it forced the Roosevelt Administration to issue a landmark executive order that prohibited defense contract...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lucander, David, 1980-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 What Happens When Negroes Don't March? 23
  • 2 "We Are Americans, Too": MOWM's Institutionalization 48
  • 3 Wartime St. Louis and the Genesis of MOWM in the Gateway City, 1942 74
  • 4 Pickets, Protests, and Prayers: St. Louis MOWM's Campaign to Integrate the Defense Workforce 101
  • 5 "These Women Really Did the Work": Marching on More than Defense Plants 129
  • 6 "An Economic D-Day for Negro Americans": MOWM's Transition and Dissolution, 1944-46 150.