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1 online resource (345 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Jack Woofter: The Education of a Southern Liberal; 2 Thomas Jesse Jones and Negro Education; 3 Migration and War; 4 Will Alexander and the Commission on Interracial Cooperation; 5 Dorsey, Dyer, and Lynching; 6 The Limits of Interracial Cooperation; 7 Northern Money and Race Studies; 8 Howard Odum and the Institute for Research In Social Science; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
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Founded by white males, the interracial cooperation movement flourished in the American South in the years before the New Deal. The movement sought local dialogue between the races, improvement of education, and reduction of interracial violence, tending the flame of white liberalism until the emergence of white activists in the 1930s and after. Thomas Jackson (Jack) Woofter Jr., a Georgia sociologist and an authority on American race relations, migration, rural development, population change, and social security, maintained an unshakable faith in the ""effectiveness of cooperation rather t. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Woofter, T. J., Jr. (Thomas Jackson), 1893-1972.
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Woofter, T. J., Jr. (Thomas Jackson), 1893-1972. |
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Alexander, Will Winton, 1884-1956.
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Alexander, Will Winton, 1884-1956. |
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Jones, Thomas Jesse, 1873-1950.
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Jones, Thomas Jesse, 1873-1950. |
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Odum, Howard Washington, 1884-1954.
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Odum, Howard Washington, 1884-1954. |
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Commission on Interracial Cooperation.
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Commission on Interracial Cooperation. |
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African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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African Americans. |
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Southern States. |
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Social conditions. |
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20th century |
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Sociologists -- United States -- Biography.
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Sociologists. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Race relations. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Ellis, Mark. Race Harmony and Black Progress : Jack Woofter and the Interracial Cooperation Movement. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2013 9780253010599 |
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9780253010667 (electronic book) |
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0253010667 (electronic book) |
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9780253010599 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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0253010594 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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