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Autore |
Mungazi Dickson A |
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Titolo |
The journey to the promised land [[electronic resource] ] : the African American struggle for development since the Civil War / / Dickson A. Mungazi ; foreword by Dione Brooks Taylor |
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Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - History - 1863-1877 |
African Americans - History - 1877-1964 |
African Americans - History - 1964- |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliogaphical references (p. [195]-202) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Preparing for the Journey The Search for a New Identity; 2 The Courts and the Search for a Passage; 3 The Search for a Moses The Effect of Leadership; 4 Obstacles to the Journey Conflict in the Strategy; 5 Martin Luther King Jr Sighting the Promised Land; 6 Civil Rights Legislation Vehicle to the Promised Land; 7 African and African American Struggles in Comparative Perspective; 8 The Journey to the Promised Land: Summary, Conclusions, and Implications; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A study of African American development since the Civil War, as measured by progress in four critical areas of national life: economic, political, educational and social. It includes discussion of important watershed events and key individuals who helped to redefine the nation's history. |
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