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Author Jonas, Gilbert.

Title Freedom's sword : the NAACP and the struggle against racism in America, 1909-1969 / Gilbert Jonas ; with a foreword by Julian Bond.

Publication Info. New York : Routledge, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 520 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-480) and index.
Contents Creating a change agent : the NAACP's early years -- The law as a weapon against unjust laws -- Southern retaliation against Negro determination -- Leading the African-American quest for political power -- Comes the revolution : the struggle between the NAACP and the Communist Party USA -- World War II and its consequences for race -- The politics of political advancement -- Revolution at the ballot box -- Black workers, white unions, and the struggle for job equality -- Head to head with the Garment Workers Union -- The end of pretense : organized labor refuses to desegregate -- Roy Wilkins : the gentle giant -- The NAACP develops financial muscle.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- History.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
History.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements.
United States.
African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Politics and government.
Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Racism.
United States -- Race relations.
Race relations.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Racism.
Other Form: Print version: Jonas, Gilbert. Freedom's sword. New York : Routledge, 2005 0415949858 (DLC) 2004014112 (OCoLC)55729866
ISBN 0203997050 (electronic book)
9780203997055 (electronic book)
0415949858 (Cloth)