LEADER 00000cam a2200793 i 4500 001 on1129235887 003 OCoLC 005 20210410013742.1 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 191202s2018 paua ob 001 0 eng d 019 1129216575|a1132682052 020 9780822986256|q(electronic book) 020 0822986256|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780822945390 020 |z0822945398 035 (OCoLC)1129235887|z(OCoLC)1129216575|z(OCoLC)1132682052 037 22573/ctvsfk8qv|bJSTOR 040 N$T|beng|erda|epn|cN$T|dJSTOR|dK6U|dEBLCP|dP@U|dOCLCF|dOCL |dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dS2H 043 n-us-dc|an-us--- 049 RIDW 050 4 JK723.A34|bG66 2018eb 072 7 HIS|x000000|2bisacsh 072 7 HIS|x056000|2bisacsh 082 04 331.6/39607307530904|223 090 JK723.A34|bG66 2018eb 100 1 Gooding, F. W.,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n2008046899|eauthor. 245 10 American Dream deferred :|bBlack federal workers in Washington, DC, 1941-1981 /|cFrederick W. Gooding Jr. 264 1 Pittsburgh, Pa. :|bUniversity of Pittsburgh Press,|c[2018] 300 1 online resource (ix, 245 pages) :|billustrations 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index. 505 0 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. 520 "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 employees enjoy a history as rich as the country itself, while reflecting the country's evolution towards true democracy within a public space. Nowhere is this progression towards democracy more apparent than with its internal race relations. While World War II was a boon to black workers, little is known about the nuanced, ongoing struggles for dignity and respect that black workers endured while working these 'good, government jobs.' 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