Defining the struggle : national organizing for racial justice, 1880-1915 / Susan D. Carle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carle, Susan D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--History.

African Americans.

Civil rights movements--United States--History.

Civil rights movements.

Racial justice--United States--History.

Racial justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 p.)

Other Title:

National organizing for racial justice, 1880-1915

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study uncovers the forgotten contributions of late 19th and early 20th century national organisations - including the National Afro-American League, the National Afro-American Council, the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, and the Niagara Movement - in developing strategies for racial justice organising, which they then passed on to the NAACP and the National Urban League. It tells the story of these organisations' leaders and motivations, the initiatives they undertook, and the ideas about law and racial justice activism they developed and passed on to future generations.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations Key; Preface; Introduction; 1. A New Generation of Post-Reconstruction Leaders; 2. The Legal and Political Vision of T. Thomas Fortune, Founder of the Afro-American League, 1880-1890; 3. The National Afro-American League's Founding and Law-Related Work, 1887-1895; 4. The Dispute between the "Radicals" and the "Accommodationists" within the Afro-American Council: Reverdy Ransom and Booker T. Washington's Contrasting Visions of Racial Justice, 1895-1902; 5. The Afro-American Council's Internal History, 1898-1908

6. "Should Not a Nation Be Just to All of Her Citizens?": The Afro-American Council's Legal Work, 1898-19087. "Unity in Diversity": The National Association of Colored Women's Dual Social Welfare and Civil Rights Agenda, 1895-1910; 8. Asserting "Manhood" Rights: The Niagara Movement's First Year, 1905; 9. The Beginnings of Twentieth-Century Protest in the Niagara Movement's Experience, 1906-1909; 10. Atlanta and New York City; Founding the National Urban League; 11. Founding the NAACP: Building the Organization, 1908-1915; 12. Building the NAACP's Legal Agenda, 1910-1915; Conclusion

AcknowledgementsNotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 10, 2013).

ISBN:

9780190850609

0190850604

9780199945757

0199945756

9780199945740

0199945748

OCLC:

859155175

Publisher Number:

2027/heb32839 hdl