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Light In The Darkness : African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946 /

From the time of its emergence in the United States in 1852, the Young Men's Christian Association excluded blacks from membership in white branches but encouraged them to form their own associations and to join the Christian brotherhood on ""separate but equal"" terms. Nina...

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Autor principal: Mjagkij, Nina, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1994.
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505 0 |a Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Origins of Racial Divisions in the YMCA, 1852-1875; 2. White Supervision of African-American YMCA Work, 1875-1891; 3. Growth and Centralization under African-American Leadership, 1891-1898; 4. Recruitment and Training of African-American YMCA Secretaries, 1898-1943; 5. Philanthropists and the Construction of YMCA Buildings, 1901-1933; 6. Serving African-American Soldiers in World War I; 7. Interracial Dialogue and Cooperation in the 1920s; 8. From Depression to Desegregation, 1929-1946; Conclusion; Appendixes. 
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