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Racism in the Nation's Service : Government Workers and the Color Line in Woodrow Wilson's America /

By 1920, promotions to well-paying federal jobs had nearly vanished for black workers. This book argues that the Wilson administration's successful 1913 drive to segregate the federal government was a pivotal episode in the age of progressive politics. It investigates how the enactment of this...

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Autor principal: Yellin, Eric Steven, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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