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Norman Thomas : the great dissenter / Raymond F. Gregory.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gregory, Raymond F., 1927-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968.
- Thomas, Norman.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- United States.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 301 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., [2008]
- Contents:
- The Thomas and Mattoon families
- Working in the slum areas of New York City
- Pacifism and socialism
- Civil liberties in time of war
- Running for elective office
- Running for President
- The Depression years
- The 1932 presidential election and the New Deal
- Arkansas sharecroppers
- The sharecropper problem and the Roosevelt administration
- The decline of the Socialist Party
- Between elections
- Opposing a United States President and a New Jersey mayor
- Fascism, communism and pacifism
- Opposing United States' entry into World War II
- The internment of Japanese-Americans and other wartime civil rights violations
- Taking stock
- The final run for the presidency
- Opposing nuclear testing, supporting disarmament
- Reevaluating socialism
- Confronting racism, the Vietnam War, and injustice
- The great dissenter
- Declining health
- Summing up.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-295) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780875866215
- 0875866212
- 9780875866222
- 0875866220
- 9780875866239
- 0875866239
- OCLC:
- 213775608
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