Separate and unequal: Black Americans and the US federal government
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1. Verfasser: King, Desmond S. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Clarendon Press 1995
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-329) and index
1 - The Politics of Segregation in Post-Reconstruction America -- - 2 - Joining the Government: 'Because I Dared to be Black' -- - 3 - Working in a Federal Agency: Social Ostracism and Discrimination -- - 4 - 'A Great Shadow over our "Civil Rights"': Fighting for the Government -- - 5 - Serving Time with the Government: Federal Penitentiaries -- - 6 - The Federal Government in a Segregated Society: Public Employment Exchanges and Housing Programmes -- - 7 - Conclusion -- - Appendix 1. The Politics of Segregation in the United States -- - Appendix 2. Segregation in Government -- - Appendix 3. Statistical Profile of Black American Employees in the Federal Government -- - Appendix 4. Strikes settled by the FEPC 1943-1944 -- - Appendix 5. Major Civil Rights Laws 1957-1991
Highlighting the central influence of the US federal government on race relations well before the 1960s, this book uncovers, through archival research, how the federal government used its power to impose a segregated pattern of race relations among its employees and, through its programs, upon the whole of American society
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 352 pages)
ISBN:9780191521096
0191521094
0198280165
9780198280163
019829249X

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