Winning the War for Democracy : The March on Washington Movement, 1941-1946 /

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"Scholars regard the March on Washington Movement (MOWM) as a forerunner of the postwar Civil Rights movement. Led by the charismatic A. Philip Randolph, MOWM scored an early victory when it forced the Roosevelt Administration to issue a landmark executive order that prohibited defense contract...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lucander, David, 1980-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Randolph, A. Philip > (Asa Philip), > 1889-1979.
United States. > Committee on Fair Employment Practice.
March on Washington Movement (Organization)
Race relations.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Employment.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
African Americans > Civil rights.
HISTORY > United States > 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Noirs americains > Conditions economiques > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Travail > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siecle.
African Americans > Economic conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Employment > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 What Happens When Negroes Don't March? 23
  • 2 "We Are Americans, Too": MOWM's Institutionalization 48
  • 3 Wartime St. Louis and the Genesis of MOWM in the Gateway City, 1942 74
  • 4 Pickets, Protests, and Prayers: St. Louis MOWM's Campaign to Integrate the Defense Workforce 101
  • 5 "These Women Really Did the Work": Marching on More than Defense Plants 129
  • 6 "An Economic D-Day for Negro Americans": MOWM's Transition and Dissolution, 1944-46 150.

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