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Blue Texas : The Making of a Multiracial Democratic Coalition in the Civil Rights Era /

This work is about the other Texas, not the state known for its cowboy conservatism, but a mid-20th century hotbed of community organizing, liberal politics and civil rights activism. Beginning in the 1930s, Max Krochmal tells the story of the struggle for democracy in Texas, when African American,...

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Main Author: Krochmal, Max (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This work is about the other Texas, not the state known for its cowboy conservatism, but a mid-20th century hotbed of community organizing, liberal politics and civil rights activism. Beginning in the 1930s, Max Krochmal tells the story of the struggle for democracy in Texas, when African American, Mexican American and white labor and community activists came together to empower the state's marginalized minorities.
Physical Description:1 online resource (552 pages).
ISBN:9781469628035