Canaan, Dim and Far : Black Reformers and the Pursuit of Citizenship in Pittsburgh, 1915-1945 /

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"Canaan Dim and Far argues for the importance of Pittsburgh as a case study in analyzing African American civil rights and political advocacy in an urban setting, asthecity was situated well between the encroachment of Jim Crow initiatives of the 1910s and the end of World War II. In that respe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cilli, Adam Lee (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Race relations.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights movements > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History > 20th century.
Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "This was the ugliest, deadest town I ever seen in my life" : migrants and reformers in the Steel City, 1915-1929
  • "A healthy and prosperous race" : the Urban League of Pittsburgh and the struggle for jobs, housing, and health, 1915-1929
  • "The weapons of legal defense" : the Pittsburgh NAACP and the criminal justice system, 1924-1934
  • "The ranks of this new army" : the Pittsburgh courier and the fight for political power and national recognition in the early Depression, 1929-1933
  • "The taken-for-granted rights of American citizenship" : reformers, civil equality, and educational justice, 1934-1937
  • "This great crusade" : reformers and the industrial labor movement, 1933-1939
  • "The freedoms we cherish" : the New Deal, World War II, and the Double V campaign, 1933-1945
  • Conclusion: The legacy of the black reform era.

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