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Author:

Goluboff, Risa Lauren, 1971-

Title:

The lost promise of civil rights / Risa L. Goluboff.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

viii, 376 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--History--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
African Americans--Economic conditions--20th century.
African Americans--History--Law and legislation--History--20th century.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Transition, uncertainty, and the conditions for a new civil rights -- Claiming rights in the agricultural South -- Claiming rights in the industrial economy -- The work of civil rights in the Department of Justice -- A new deal for civil rights -- Work and workers in the NAACP -- Litigating labor in the wartime NAACP -- Eliminating work from the NAACP's legal strategy -- Brown and the remaking of civil rights.

ISBN:

0674024656 (alk. paper)
9780674024656 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007013625

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)