John Hervey Wheeler, Black Banking, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights /

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"John Hervey Wheeler (1908-1978) was one of the civil rights movement's most influential leaders. In articulating a bold vision of regional prosperity grounded in full citizenship and economic power for African Americans, this banker, lawyer, and visionary would play a key role in the figh...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Winford, Brandon K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2020]
Series:Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
Subjects:
Wheeler, John H. > (John Hervey)
United States. > President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity > Biography.
Democratic Party (N.C.) > Biography.
Democratic Party (N.C.)
United States. > President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity
1900-1999
African American civil rights workers > North Carolina > Biography.
Civil rights workers > North Carolina > Biography.
African American bankers > North Carolina > Durham > Biography.
Bankers > North Carolina > Durham > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > North Carolina > History > 20th century.
African Americans > North Carolina > Economic conditions.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains > Caroline du Nord > Biographies.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > Caroline du Nord > Biographies.
Banquiers noirs américains > Caroline du Nord > Durham > Biographies.
Banquiers > Caroline du Nord > Durham > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Droits > Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Caroline du Nord > Conditions économiques.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Banks & Banking.
African American bankers
African American civil rights workers
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Economic conditions
Bankers
Civil rights workers
North Carolina > Biography.
Caroline du Nord > Biographies.
North Carolina
North Carolina > Durham
Autobiography
Biography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From Slavery to Middle-Class Respectability
  • Black Business Activism in the Great Depression
  • The Battle for Educational Equality in the Postwar New South
  • Direct Action and the Search for "Freedom of Movement"
  • Equal Employment, Voting Rights, and Public Policy at the National Level
  • Urban Renewal and the Prospects of a Free and Open Society.

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