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Author Gellman, Erik S.

Title Death blow to Jim Crow [electronic resource] : the National Negro Congress and the rise of militant civil rights / Erik S. Gellman.

Imprint Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 354 p. : ill.
Series The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Labor's triumph and the "black magna carta" in the Chicago region, 1936-1939 -- Negro youth strike back against the "Virginia way" in Richmond, 1937-1940 -- Civilization has taken a holiday : violence and security in the nation's capital -- Interlude : black and white, red, and over? : the Congress splits in Washington -- Finding the north star in New York : home front battles during the Second World War -- The world's "firing line" : South Carolina's postwar internationalism -- Conclusion : gone with what wind?.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject National Negro Congress (U.S.) -- History.
Southern Negro Youth Congress -- History.
African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780807835319 (cloth alk. paper)
9780807869932 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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