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House of Diggs : the rise and fall of America's most consequential Black congressman, Charles C. Diggs Jr / Marion Orr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orr, Marion, 1962- Author.
- Series:
- Justice, power, and politics http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/67a2fd40-bf33-fd0b-ad25-a5650ab9e121
- Justice, power, and politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diggs, Charles C., Jr.
- Diggs, Charles C.
- African American legislators--United States--Biography.
- African American legislators.
- African American politicians--Michigan--Biography.
- African American politicians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 338 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2025]
- Contents:
- Charles C. Diggs Jr. and the politics of strategic moderation
- From the Delta to Detroit
- Growing up in Black Detroit
- Lieutenant Diggs in the Jim Crow South
- A reluctant politician
- Political ambitions: a close run for city council
- I could beat this guy
- The battle for control of the House
- Aboard the Diggs's special: the arrival of a new Black congressman
- Returning to the Delta
- On the scene: Diggs at the trial of Emmett Till's murderers
- Desegregating commercial air travel
- Fighting discrimination in the US military: on-base and off-base
- Brothers in the struggle: Diggs and Martin Luther King Jr.
- The founding of the Congressional Black Caucus
- The 1972 National Black Political Convention
- Restoring home rule in Washington, DC
- Learning about and discovering Africa
- Awakening America: Diggs and the Africa subcommittee
- Mr. Africa
- The fall of the house of Diggs
- The chairman's portrait and the indictment of Congressman Diggs
- The trial
- Diggs meets Newt
- After Congress.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781469689357 (electronic bk.)
- 1469689359 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40032908725
- CIPO000262225
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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