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The Jim Crow north : the struggle for civil rights in Pottstown, Pennsylvania / Matthew George Washington.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Washington, Matthew George, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pottstown Mercury.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Pennsylvania--Pottstown--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--Pennsylvania--Pottstown--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- African American civil rights workers--Pennsylvania--Pottstown--History--20th century.
- African American civil rights workers.
- Civil rights workers--Pennsylvania--Pottstown--History--20th century.
- Civil rights workers.
- Segregation--Pennsylvania--Pottstown--History--20th century.
- Segregation.
- Pottstown (Pa.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Pottstown (Pa.).
- Pottstown (Pa.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Struggle for civil rights in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2024]
- Contents:
- Pottstown, Pennsylvania, a Center of Civil Rights Significance
- The Genesis of the Local Black Freedom Struggle in World War II-Era Pottstown
- The Pottstown Mercury and the World War II Origins of Civil Rights Advocacy Work
- Emerging Civil Rights Discourses and Pottstown Shortly after Brown v. Board of Education
- The Pinnacle of Civil Rights Struggle in Pottstown and Beyond following Brown v. Board
- The Pottstown NAACP and the Postwar Industrial North
- Lessons Learned from Pottstown's Black Freedom Struggle.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781985900257 (electronic bk.)
- 1985900254 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40032241853
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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