Borders of equality [electronic resource] : the NAACP and the Baltimore civil rights struggle, 1914-1970 / Lee Sartain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sartain, Lee.

Series:

Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.

Margaret Walker Alexander series for African American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

African Americans.

Civil rights movements--Maryland--Baltimore--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Baltimore (Md.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Baltimore (Md.).

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Baltimore Branch--History--20th century.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013.

Summary:

As a border city Baltimore made an ideal arena to push for change during the civil rights movement. It was a city in which all forms of segregation and racism appeared vulnerable to attack by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's methods. If successful in Baltimore, the rest of the nation might follow with progressive and integrationist reforms. The Baltimore branch of the NAACP was one of the first chapters in the nation and was the largest branch in the nation by 1946. The branch undertook various forms of civil rights activity from 1914 through the 1940's

Contents:

The Formation of a Branch and the Early Campaigns

Class and Gender and Early Civil Rights

Leadership and Dr. Lillie M. Jackson

Youth Activism and the NAACP

The Age of Brown and Agnew

Appendices.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-224) and index.

ISBN:

1-62103-930-7

OCLC:

806456436