Lion in the lobby : Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s struggle for the passage of civil rights laws /

Lion in the Lobby chronicles Clarence Mitchell's life story and mission of getting Congress to join the courts and the Executive Branch in upholding the Constitution in order to fulfill the NAACP's egalitarian philosophy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watson, Denton L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : University Press of America, 2014.
Edición:Revised edition.
Temas:
Mitchell, Clarence M. > (Clarence Maurice), > Jr., > 1911-1984.
Mitchell, Clarence M. > (Clarence Maurice), > Jr., > 1911-1984
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. > Youth Council > Biography.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. > Youth Council
1900-1999
African Americans > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Biographies.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Biographies.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
African Americans
Civil rights movements
Civil rights workers
Race relations
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Lion In The Lobby ; Contents ; Foreword ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Part One: Journey Toward the Promised Land ; 1. Trauma of a Lynching ; 2. Covering the Scottsboro Trials ; 3. A Star Is a Small Reward ; 4. Neither North nor South ; 5. A Man is Molded ; 6. Launching a Career ; 7. The FEPC Grail ; 8. NAACP Labor Secretary ; 9. Taking Command ; 10. All-Out Attack on Segregation ; 11. Confronting the Agony ; 12. Shifting Strategy ; 13. At the Crossroads ; 14. Breakthrough ; 15. The Undaunted Optimist ; Part Two: Fulfilling a Dream ; 16. Challenge of the New Frontier
  • 17. Honing Political Support 18. Guiding the Forces Through the Turbulence ; 19. The 1964 Act: A Dream Realized ; 20. 101st Senator ; 21. ""Our Quaterback"" ; 22. Confronting the Politics of Reaction ; Epilogue ; Appendix 1 Civil Rights Bills: Parliamentary Procedures ; Appendix 2 Differences Between voting Proposals and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ; Appendix 3 What's in the Civil Rights Act? ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Principal Cases Cited ; Index

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