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American dream deferred : Black federal workers in Washington, DC, 1941-1981 / Frederick W. Gooding Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gooding, Frederick W., Jr., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Employment--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Economic conditions--20th century.
- History.
- African Americans--Economic conditions.
- African Americans--Employment.
- United States--Officials and employees--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Employees.
- Genre:
- History.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Introduction : Painting the picture of black federal workers
- "Boy! Look at all these government girls!" : black opportunity in the nation's capital, 1941-1945
- "Study long, study wrong" : achievements and limits of commissions studying discrimination in the federal workforce, 1945-1947
- "This is not working" : white resistance to black persistence, 1948-1959
- "Rats! Discriminated again!" : Julius Hobson and the rising Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1969
- "I was hurting" : blacks in government on the mend, 1970-1981
- Epilogue : A moving picture of black workers, 1980-1981.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's 2013 doctoral dissertation.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822945390
- 0822945398
- OCLC:
- 1032021515
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