The economic civil rights movement : African Americans and the struggle for economic power

The economic civil rights movement : African Americans and the struggle for economic power / edited by Michael Ezra.

"Economic inequalities have been perhaps the most enduring problem facing African Americans since the civil rights movement, despite the attention they have received from activists. Although the civil rights movement dealt successfully with injustices like disenfranchisement and segregated publ...

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Other Authors: Ezra, Michael, 1972-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2013.
Series:Routledge studies in African American history ; 1.
Subjects:
African Americans > Economic conditions.
Equality > Economic aspects > United States.
Income distribution > United States.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights movements > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Economic conditions
Civil rights movements
Equality > Economic aspects
Income distribution
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • A. Philip Randolph, early pioneer : the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, National Negro Congress, and the March on Washington movement / Rhonda Jones
  • Mary McLeod Bethune, the National Council of Negro Women, and the prewar push for equal opportunity in defense projects / gloria-yvonne
  • The Brooklyn Urban League and Equal Employment Opportunity in New York's war industries / Carla J. DuBose
  • Early economic civil rights in Washington, DC : the new Negro Alliance, Howard University, and the Interracial Workshop / Derek Charles Catsam
  • The moral economy of postwar radical interracial summer camping / Orion A. Teal
  • The NAACP boycott of the Amos 'n' Andy Show / Justin T. Lorts
  • Economic civil rights activism in Pensacola, Florida / J. Michael Butler
  • Muhammad Ali's main bout : African American economic power and the World Heavyweight Title / Michael Ezra
  • Operation Breadbasket in Chicago : between civil rights and black capitalism / Enrico Beltramini
  • Progress Plaza : Leon Sullivan, Zion investment associates, and black power in a Philadelphia shopping center / Stephanie Dyer
  • Black power on the factory floor / Kieran W. Taylor
  • Acquiring "a piece of the action" : the rise and fall of the black capitalism movement / Ibram H. Rogers
  • Soul City, North Carolina and the business of black power / Christopher B. Strain.

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