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

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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Yellin, Eric Steven, 1978- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Wilson, Woodrow, > 1856-1924
Wilson, Woodrow, > 1856-1924.
African Americans > Segregation.
African Americans in the civil service.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Noirs americains > Segregation.
Noirs americains dans la fonction publique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
African Americans in the civil service > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 policy, based on Progressives' demands for whiteness in government, imposed a colour line on American opportunity and implicated Washington in the economic limitation of African Americans for decades to come.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (320 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469608020

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