Death blow to Jim Crow : the National Negro Congress and the rise of militant civil rights / Erik S. Gellman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gellman, Erik S.

Series:

John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Negro Congress (U.S.)--History.

National Negro Congress (U.S.).

Southern Negro Youth Congress--History.

Southern Negro Youth Congress.

African Americans--Segregation--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

Race discrimination--United States--History--20th century.

Race discrimination.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

African Americans--Segregation.

United States.

African Americans--History--1877-1964.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012]

Contents:

Labor's triumph and the "black magna carta" in the Chicago region, 1936-1939

Negro youth strike back against the "Virginia way" in Richmond, 1937-1940

Civilization has taken a holiday : violence and security in the nation's capital

Interlude : black and white, red, and over? : the Congress splits in Washington

Finding the north star in New York : home front battles during the Second World War

The world's "firing line" : South Carolina's postwar internationalism

Conclusion : gone with what wind?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807835319

0807835315

OCLC:

729574224