Roy Wilkins : The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP /

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Roy Wilkins (1901--1981) spent forty-six years of his life serving the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and led the organization for more than twenty years. Under his leadership, the NAACP spearheaded efforts that contributed to landmark civil rights legislation, in...

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Main Author: Ryan, Yvonne, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wilkins, Roy, > 1901-1981.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People > Biography.
Civil rights workers.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American civil rights workers.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Defenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs americains > Biographies.
Defenseurs des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Biographies.
Noirs americains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
African American civil rights workers > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Family Firm; 2. Treading Water; 3. A Strategy for Freedom; 4. Politics and Protest; 5. All the Way with LBJ; Photo Illustrations; 6. A Crisis of Victory; 7. The Survivor; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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