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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454674103321

Autore

King Desmond S

Titolo

Separate and unequal [[electronic resource] ] : Black Americans and the US federal government / / Desmond King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-19-159968-9

9786612052262

1-282-05226-8

0-19-152109-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Disciplina

331.6/396073

Soggetti

African Americans in the civil service

African Americans - Segregation

Electronic books.

United States Armed Forces African Americans

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-329) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""PART I: THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT""; ""1. The Politics of Segregation in Post-Reconstruction America""; ""PART II: SEGREGATION IN THE US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT""; ""2. Joining the Government: �Because I Dared to be Black�""; ""3. Working in a Federal Agency: Social Ostracism and Discrimination""; ""PART III: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SEGREGATION BEYOND WASHINGTON""; ""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""""PART IV: THE LEGACIES OF SEGREGATED RACE RELATIONS""; ""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""; ""Notes to Chapters""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""

""I""""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Sommario/riassunto

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.