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John Hervey Wheeler, black banking, and the economic struggle for civil rights / Brandon K. Winford. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winford, Brandon K., author.
- Series:
- Civil rights and the struggle for black equality in the twentieth century.
- Kentucky scholarship online.
- Civil rights and the struggle for black equality in the twentieth century
- Kentucky scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights movements--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--North Carolina--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Wheeler, John H. (John Hervey).
- Wheeler, John H.
- North Carolina--Biography.
- North Carolina.
- United States. President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity--Biography.
- United States.
- Democratic Party (N.C.)--Biography.
- Democratic Party (N.C.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (355 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2020.
- Summary:
- This work combines black business and civil rights history to explain how economic concerns shaped the goals and objectives of the black freedom struggle. Brandon K. Winford examines the "black business activism" of banker and civil rights lawyer John Hervey Wheeler (1908-1978). Winford places Wheeler at the center of his narrative to understand how black business leaders tackled civil rights while continuously pointing to the economy's larger significance for the success and advancement of the postwar New South. In this way, Wheeler articulated a bold vision of regional prosperity, grounded in full citizenship and economic power for black people.
- Contents:
- From Slavery to Middle-Class Respectability
- Black Business Activism in the Great Depression
- The Battle for Educational Equality in the Postwar New South
- Direct Action and the Search for "Freedom of Movement"
- Equal Employment, Voting Rights, and Public Policy at the National Level
- Urban Renewal and the Prospects of a Free and Open Society.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Lillian Smith Book Awards, 2020.
- Description based on print version record.
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-7826-6
- 0-8131-7827-4
- OCLC:
- 1124763444
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