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Author Yellin, Eric Steven, 1978-

Title Racism in the nation's service : government workers and the color line in Woodrow Wilson's America / Eric S. Yellin.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 301 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents No south to us: African American federal employees in republican Washington -- The spoils: politics and black mobility -- The sensibilities of the people: black politics in crisis -- A new racial regime, 1913-1917 -- Democratic fair play: the Wilson administration in republican Washington -- Wilsonian praxis: racial discrimination in a progressive administration -- Resistance and friction: challenging and justifying Wilsonian praxis -- Republicans in the new regime, 1918-1929 -- Creating normalcy: Washington after Wilson.
Summary 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.
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Subject Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
African Americans in the civil service -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans in the civil service.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject African Americans -- Segregation.
African Americans -- Segregation.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 9781469607207 1469607204 (DLC) 2012037473
ISBN 1469607212 (electronic book)
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