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Author:

Gooding, Frederick W., Jr., author.

Title:

American dream deferred : Black federal workers in Washington, DC, 1941-1981 / Frederick W. Gooding Jr.

Publisher:

University of Pittsburgh Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

ix, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

African Americans--History--History--20th century.
African Americans--Economic conditions--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.
African Americans--Economic conditions.
African Americans--Employment.
Employees.
United States.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

Based on the author's 2013 doctoral dissertation. Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Painting the picture of black federal workers -- "Boy! Look at all these government girls!" : black opportunity in the nation's capital, 1941-1945 -- "Study long, study wrong" : achievements and limits of commissions studying discrimination in the federal workforce, 1945-1947 -- "This is not working" : white resistance to black persistence, 1948-1959 -- "Rats! Discriminated again!" : Julius Hobson and the rising Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1969 -- "I was hurting" : blacks in government on the mend, 1970-1981 -- Epilogue : A moving picture of black workers, 1980-1981.

ISBN:

0822945398
9780822945390

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1032021515

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)