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Freedom's sword : the NAACP and the struggle against racism in America, 1909-1969
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- Creator
- Gilbert Jonas ; with a foreword by Julian Bond
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Routledge, 2005
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 520 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781280112836, 041595665X, 0415949858, 1135930880, 9781135930875, 9781135930882, 1280112832, 0203997050, 9780415949859, 1135930872, 9780203997055
- OCLC
- ocm55729866, ocn475958992, ocn437156172, ocm60841890
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [471]-480) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- History.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- United States -- Race relations.