03442nam 2200649Ia 450 991082490540332120200520144314.00-19-159968-997866120522621-282-05226-80-19-152109-4(CKB)1000000000756432(EBL)3053363(OCoLC)658444708(SSID)ssj0000244235(PQKBManifestationID)12052417(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000244235(PQKBWorkID)10169099(PQKB)11306675(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074336(MiAaPQ)EBC3053363(Au-PeEL)EBL3053363(CaPaEBR)ebr10288413(CaONFJC)MIL205226(EXLCZ)99100000000075643219950202d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSeparate and unequal Black Americans and the US federal government /Desmond King1st ed.Oxford Clarendon Press ;New York Oxford University Press19951 online resource (xiv, 352 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-829249-X 0-19-828016-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-329) and index.""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""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.African Americans in the civil serviceAfrican AmericansSegregationUnited StatesArmed ForcesAfrican AmericansUnited StatesRace relationsAfrican Americans in the civil service.African AmericansSegregation.331.6/396073King Desmond S125728MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824905403321Separate and unequal4037198UNINA