the struggle for civil rights in postwar New York City /
Martha Biondi.
Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2003.
1 online resource (360 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-333) and index.
Prologue: The Rise of the Struggle for Negro Rights -- 1. Jobs for All -- 2. Black Mobilization and Civil Rights Politics -- 3. Lynching, Northern Style -- 4. Desegregating the Metropolis -- 5. Dead Letter Legislation -- 6. An Unnatural Division of People -- 7. Anticommunism and Civil Rights -- 8. The Paradoxical Effects of the Cold War -- 9. Racial Violence in the Free World -- 10. Lift Every Voice and Vote -- 11. Resisting Resegregation -- 12. To Stand and Fight -- Epilogue: Another Kind of America.
0
Grassroots struggle for racial equality in the urban north of the United States began a decade before the rise of the movement in the South. This work traces the origins of the struggle against white supremacy to the postwar determination of black New Yorkers to win their place in the city.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
To stand and fight.
African Americans-- Civil rights-- New York (State)-- New York-- History-- 20th century.
Civil rights movements-- New York (State)-- New York-- History-- 20th century.
African Americans-- Civil rights.
Afro-descendentes (história)-- Século 20-- New york (ny)
Civil Rights Movement.
Civil rights movements.
Direito civil (história)-- Século 20-- New york (ny)
Direitos humanos (história)-- Século 20-- New york (ny)
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Human Rights.