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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458648703321

Autore

Brilliant Mark

Titolo

The color of America has changed [[electronic resource] ] : how racial diversity shaped civil rights reform in California, 1941-1978 / / Mark Brilliant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-76835-2

9786612768354

0-19-972198-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 364 p.)

Disciplina

305.8900979409045

Soggetti

Civil rights movements - California - History - 20th century

Minorities - California - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

California Race relations History 20th century

California Ethnic relations History 20th century

California Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Introduction: California and the wide civil rights movement -- An integrated program for racial justice -- Jap Crow -- The problem of segregation as applied to Mexican-Americans -- Jim Crow is just about dead in California -- Problems as diversified as its population -- A coalition for many years -- The Democratic splintering -- To break up coalitions of minority people -- Conclusion: Dilemmas of race and ethnicity.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

INTRODUCTION: "THE COLOR OF AMERICA HAS CHANGED"; 1. "A United Front of All of the Minority Groups"; 2. "Jap Crow"; 3. "The Problem of Segregation as Applied to Mexican-Americans"; 4. "Jim Crow is Just About Dead in California"; 5. "Problems as Diversified as its Population"; 6. "A Coalition...For Many Years"; 7. "Ya Basta!"; 8. "To Break Up Coalitions of Minority People"; CONCLUSION: "DILEMMAS OF RACE AND ETHNICITY"; NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

Historians of the American West have long set the region apart from the



South and North, citing racial diversity as one of the West's defining characteristics. This book integrates the two, examining the civil rights movement in the West in order to bring the West to the civil rights movement.