Seattle in Black and white : the Congress of Racial Equality and the fight for equal opportunity / Joan Singler ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singler, Joan.

Series:

V Ethel Willis White book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Congress of Racial Equality.

African Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Congress of Racial Equality--History.

History.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Seattle (Wash.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Seattle (Wash.).

Washington (State)--Seattle.

Physical Description:

xiii, 279 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2011]

Contents:

Beginnings

The formation of Seattle core

Employment

Seattle core's employment action

Employment downtown

Taxi companies and unions

Housing

Segregated housing in Seattle

Direct action to end segregated housing

Education

Seattle's segregated schools

Boycott and freedom schools

Internal matters

Maintaining the organization

Black power and Seattle core.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780295990842

0295990848

OCLC:

660161886