Grassroots at the gateway : class politics and Black freedom struggle in St. Louis, 1936-75 / / Clarence Lang

• Autore: Lang Clarence
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5/6208996073077866
• Soggetto topico: African Americans - Civil rights - Missouri - Saint Louis - History - 20th century; African Americans - Missouri - Saint Louis - History - 20th century; African Americans - Missouri - Saint Louis - Social conditions - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Saint Louis (Mo.) History 20th century; Saint Louis (Mo.) Race relations; Saint Louis (Mo.) Social conditions 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. A Black Working-Class Public, 1932-39; 2. The St. Louis March on Washington and the Historic Bloc for "Double Victory," 1942-45; 3. Black Working-Class Demobilization and Liberal Interracialism, 1946-54; 4. Grassroots Renewal and the "Heroic" Period, 1956-61; 5. Black Freedom at the Crossroads of Automation and De Facto Racism, 1962-64; 6. The Jefferson Bank Boycott and the "General Strike" against Racism, 1963-64; 7. "What Do We Want?": Black Power and the Growing Contradictions of Class, 1965-71 ; 8. Broken Bloc: "Law and Order," the New Right, and Racial Uplift Redux, 1968-75Conclusion; Notes; Index; Illustrations
• Sommario/riassunto: Offers a new conceptualization of black workingclass participation in the civil rights movement
• Titolo autorizzato: Grassroots at the Gateway
• ISBN: 1-282-94030-9; 9786612940309; 0-472-02654-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815009003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Class, culture.