The economic civil rights movement : African Americans and the struggle for economic power / edited by Michael Ezra.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ezra, Michael, 1972-

Series:

Routledge Studies in African American History

Routledge studies in African American history ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Economic conditions.

African Americans.

Equality--Economic aspects--United States.

Equality.

Income distribution--United States.

Income distribution.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Civil rights movements--United States.

Civil rights movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Economic inequalities have been perhaps the most enduring problem facing African Americans since the civil rights movement, despite the attention they have received from activists. Although the civil rights movement dealt successfully with injustices like disenfranchisement and segregated public accommodations, economic disparities between blacks and whites remain sharp, and the wealth gap between the two groups has widened in the twenty-first century. The Economic Civil Rights Movement is a collection of thirteen original essays that analyze the significance of economic power

Contents:

A. Philip Randolph, early pioneer : the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, National Negro Congress, and the March on Washington movement / Rhonda Jones

Mary McLeod Bethune, the National Council of Negro Women, and the prewar push for equal opportunity in defense projects / gloria-yvonne

The Brooklyn Urban League and Equal Employment Opportunity in New York's war industries / Carla J. DuBose

Early economic civil rights in Washington, DC : the new Negro Alliance, Howard University, and the Interracial Workshop / Derek Charles Catsam

The moral economy of postwar radical interracial summer camping / Orion A. Teal

The NAACP boycott of the Amos 'n' Andy Show / Justin T. Lorts

Economic civil rights activism in Pensacola, Florida / J. Michael Butler

Muhammad Ali's main bout : African American economic power and the World Heavyweight Title / Michael Ezra

Operation Breadbasket in Chicago : between civil rights and black capitalism / Enrico Beltramini

Progress Plaza : Leon Sullivan, Zion investment associates, and black power in a Philadelphia shopping center / Stephanie Dyer

Black power on the factory floor / Kieran W. Taylor

Acquiring "a piece of the action" : the rise and fall of the black capitalism movement / Ibram H. Rogers

Soul City, North Carolina and the business of black power / Christopher B. Strain.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-27474-X

0-203-11047-1

1-299-48084-5

1-136-27475-8

9780203110478

OCLC:

840478156