American Dream Deferred : Black Federal Workers in Washington, D.C., 1941-1981 /

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"As the largest employer of one of the world's leading economic and geo-political superpowers, the history of the federal government's workforce is a rich and essential tool for understanding how the 'Great Experiment' truly works. The literal face of federal policy, federal...

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Main Author: Gooding, F. W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Employees.
African Americans > Employment.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
African Americans in the civil service.
Discrimination in employment.
Race relations.
HISTORY > General.
Discrimination dans l'emploi > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Travail > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains dans la fonction publique > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Discrimination in employment > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Employment > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
African Americans in the civil service > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
United States.
Washington (D.C.)
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
États-Unis > Fonctionnaires > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Washington (D.C.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Officials and employees > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
Romans.
Fiction.
History.
Fictional Work
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Painting the picture of black federal workers
  • "Boy! Look at all these government girls!" : black opportunity in the nation's capital, 1941-1945
  • "Study long, study wrong" : achievements and limits of commissions studying discrimination in the federal workforce, 1945-1947
  • "This is not working" : white resistance to black persistence, 1948-1959
  • "Rats! Discriminated again" : Julius Hobson and the rising civil rights movement, 1960-1969
  • "I was hurting" : blacks in government on the mend, 1970-1981
  • Epilogue: A moving picture of black workers, 1980-1981.

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