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Autore |
Miller Eben |
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Titolo |
Born along the color line [[electronic resource] ] : the 1933 Amenia Conference and the rise of a national civil rights movement / / Eben Miller |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-991346-3 |
0-19-025428-9 |
1-283-42819-9 |
9786613428196 |
0-19-993055-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century |
African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century |
African Americans - Economic conditions - 20th century |
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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 bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE; 1. Louis Redding's Invitation; 2. Abram Harris and the "Economics of the Race Problem"; PART TWO; 3. At Troutbeck; 4. 69 Fifth Avenue; PART THREE; 5. Juanita Jackson, Leading Negro Youth; 6. In Moran Weston's Harlem; 7. The Question of Ralph Bunche's Loyalty; Epilogue; Notes; 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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In August, 1933, dozens of people gathered amid seven large, canvas tents in a field near Amenia, in upstate New York. Joel Spingarn, president of the board of the NAACP, had called a conference to revitalize the flagging civil rights organization. In Amenia, such old lions as the 65 year-old W.E.B. DuBois would mingle with ""the coming leaders of Negro thought."" It was a fascinating encounter that would transform the civil rights movement. With elegant writing and piercing insight, historian Eben Miller narrates how this little-known conference brought together a remarkable young group of Af |
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