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Freedom's sword the NAACP and the struggle against racism in America, 1909-1969 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jonas, Gilbert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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245 1 0 |a Freedom's sword  |h [electronic resource] :  |b the NAACP and the struggle against racism in America, 1909-1969 /  |c Gilbert Jonas ; with a foreword by Julian Bond. 
260 |a New York :  |b Routledge,  |c 2005. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xvii, 520 p.) [16] p.) of plates :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-480) and index. 
505 0 |a Creating a change agent : the NAACP's early years during which the new group rejects Booker T. Washington's accommodationist views for W.E.B. DuBois' militancy -- The law as a weapon against unjust laws : how Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall crafted the strategy which produced Brown v. Board of Education -- Southern retaliation vs. Negro determination : the NAACP's assault on Jim Crow places it in mortal combat with the Ku Klux Klan and the White Citizens Councils -- Leading the quest for political power : James Weldon Johnson leads the fight against lynching, then Walter White defeats President Hoover's Supreme Court nominee -- Comes the revolution : the struggle between the NAACP and the Communist Party USA : White and Wilkins thwart the communist attempts to win the loyalty of American Negroes -- World Wwar II and its consequences for race : the NAACP presses FDR to utilize Negro troops and open up defense industry jobs to Negroes with Mrs. Roosevelt's help -- 
505 0 |a The politics of political advancement, passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Bill : as Dr. King leads southern civil rights confrontations, Roy Wilkins and Clarence Mitchell, with Pres. Johnson's help, guide the passage of this unprecedented bill through Congress -- Revolution at the ballot box, the fight for the 1965 Voting Rights Act, led by the NAACP : a broad coalition joined by LBJ, Dirksen and Humphrey win congressional approval of Voting Rights Bill -- Black workers, white unions and the struggle for job equality : A. Philip Randolph and NAACP challenge the AF of L, while looking to the John L. Lewis and CIO for equity in the workplace -- Head-to-head with the ILGWU : a case study of conflict between a powerful union and the NAACP : Herbert Hill exposes the racial labor practices of David Dubinsky and the Ladies Garment Workers Union -- The end of pretense : organized labor refuses to desegregate : George Meany and the ALF-CIO reject the NAACP's pleas to open labor's doors to opportunities for African-Americans -- Roy Wilkins : the gentle giant, advisor to presidents and the nation's leading spokesman for black Americans : Wilkins' steady hand on the tiller brings the NAACP to its apogee -- The NAACP develops financial muscle : new white income sources drive program expansion; from Ford Foundation to Rockefeller, from General Motors to AT&T, the nation's heavy financial hitters extend their support to the NAACP. 
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590 |a Electronic reproduction. Santa Fe, Arg.: elibro, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to eLibro affiliated libraries. 
610 2 0 |a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People  |x History. 
650 0 |a African Americans  |x Civil rights  |x History  |y 20th century. 
650 0 |a Civil rights movements  |z United States  |x History  |y 20th century. 
650 0 |a African Americans  |x Politics and government  |y 20th century. 
650 0 |a Racism  |z United States  |x History  |y 20th century. 
651 0 |a United States  |x Race relations. 
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