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The papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr. Volume 5 : the struggle of pass the 1957 Civil Rights Act, 1955-1958 / edited by Denton L. Watson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr
- The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr ; v.5
- Standardized Title:
- Papers. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Archives.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights workers--United States--Archives.
- Civil rights workers.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
- Civil rights movements.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources.
- Mitchell, Clarence M. (Clarence Maurice), Jr., 1911-1984.
- Mitchell, Clarence M. (Clarence Maurice), Jr., 1911-1984--Archives.
- Mitchell, Clarence M.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- History.
- Archives.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (611 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- The 1957 Civil Rights Act was the first successful lobbying campaign by an organization dedicated to that purpose since Reconstruction. Building on the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, the law marked a turning point for the legislative branch in the struggle to accord Black citizens full equality under the Constitution.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780821447451
- 0821447459
- OCLC:
- 1407278208
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