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The Path to the Greater, Freer, Truer World : Southern Civil Rights and Anticolonialism, 1937-1955 / Lindsey R. Swindall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swindall, Lindsey R., 1977- author.
- Series:
- New perspectives on the history of the South.
- New Perspectives on the History of the South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Nationalism--Southern States.
- Nationalism.
- Youth movements--Southern States--History.
- Youth movements.
- African American youth--Political activity.
- African American youth.
- African Americans--History--1877-1964.
- Southern States--Race relations.
- Southern States.
- Southern Negro Youth Congress.
- Council on African Affairs.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Swindall closely examines the work of two organizations, the Southern Negro Youth Congress (1937-1949) and the Council on African Affairs (1937-1955), which employed a global, Pan-African perspective and were part of the mid-twentieth century efforts to address race and labor issues from a leftist view.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Origins
- The world at war
- The Cold War descends
- Cold War consequences: the Council on African Affairs in decline, 1950-1955
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-5038-3
- 0-8130-4880-X
- OCLC:
- 884648047
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