LEADER 04730nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910965174303321 005 20230803030849.0 010 $a9781621901532 010 $a162190153X 010 $a9781572339828 010 $a1572339829 035 $a(CKB)2670000000400532 035 $a(OCoLC)852899341 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10733915 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000918423 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11485430 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918423 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10893930 035 $a(PQKB)11747497 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29768 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1311404 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10733915 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL505022 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1311404 035 $a(Perlego)4876479 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000400532 100 $a20130131d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNAACP youth and the fight for black freedom, 1936-1965 /$fThomas L. Bynum 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aKnoxville $cUniversity of Tennessee Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781299737716 311 08$a1299737714 311 08$a9781572339453 311 08$a1572339454 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a"Ours is an immediate task" : Juanita Jackson and the origins of the NAACP youth movement -- To "keep our vision unclouded" : war and democracy -- To finish the fight : "freedom from fear!" -- "With all deliberate speed" : school desegregation, Emmett Till, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott -- "More than a hamburger and a cup of coffee" : NAACP youth and the 1960s freedom struggle -- "And if not now, when?" : securing our freedom. 330 8 $aHistorical studies of black youth activism have until now focusedalmost exclusively on the activities of the Congress of RacialEquality (CORE) and the Student Nonviolent CoordinatingCommittee (SNCC). However, the NAACP youth councils andcollege chapters predate both of those organizations. They initiatedgrassroots organizing efforts and nonviolent direct-action tactics asearly as the 1930s and, in doing so, made significant contributionsto the struggle for racial equality in the United States. This deeply researched book breaks new ground in animportant and compelling area of study. Thomas Bynum carefullyexamines the activism of the NAACP youth and effectively refutesthe perception of the NAACP as working strictly through thecourts. His research illuminates the many direct-action activitiesundertaken by the young people of the NAACP - activities thathelped precipitate the breakdown of racial discrimination andsegregation in America. Beginning with the formal organizationof the NAACP youth movement under Juanita Jackson, theauthor traces the group's activities from their early anti-lynchingdemonstrations through their post-World War II "withholdingpatronage" campaigns to their participation in the sit-in protests ofthe 1960s. He also explores the evolution of the youth councils andcollege chapters, including their sometime rocky relationship withthe national office, and shows how these groups actually provideda framework for the emergence of youth activism within COREand SNCC. The author provides a comprehensive account of thegenerational struggle for racial equality, capturing the successes, failures, and challenges the NAACP youth groups experienced atthe national, state, and local levels. He firmly establishes the vitalrole they played in the history of the civil rights movement in theUnited States and in the burgeoning tradition of youth activism inthe postwar decades. 606 $aAfrican American youth$xPolitical activity$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican American college students$xPolitical activity$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCivil rights movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aYouth movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aAfrican American youth$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican American college students$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory 615 0$aYouth movements$xHistory 676 $a323.1196/073 700 $aBynum$b Thomas L$01795072 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965174303321 996 $aNAACP youth and the fight for black freedom, 1936-1965$94336113 997 $aUNINA