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Race work : the rise of civil rights in the urban West /

Tells the story of Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale, African American activists who led the movement to desegregate Phoenix, Arizona, in the years following World War II; and through the story of their efforts presents an account of white supremacy and black resistance in Phoenix.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whitaker, Matthew C.
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2005.
Colección:Race and ethnicity in the American West.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I: Power concedes nothing without demand
  • The black professional tradition
  • Tuskegee, World War II, and the new black activism
  • Mobilization, agitation, and protest
  • 2: Creative and persistent
  • Resistance and interracial dissent
  • The quickening
  • Black and Chicano leadership and the struggle for access and opportunity
  • 3: Moving forward counterclockwise
  • The struggle for racial equality in Phoenix, 1980-2000
  • Conclusion: racial uplift in Phoenix.