Lion in the lobby : Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s struggle for the passage of civil rights laws / / Denton L. Watson |
Autore | Watson Denton L. |
Edizione | [Revised edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (919 p.) |
Disciplina | 323/.092 |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans
Civil rights workers - United States African Americans - Civil rights |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Biographies.
History |
ISBN | 0-7618-6451-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Lion In The Lobby ; Contents ; Foreword ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Part One: Journey Toward the Promised Land ; 1. Trauma of a Lynching ; 2. Covering the Scottsboro Trials ; 3. A Star Is a Small Reward ; 4. Neither North nor South ; 5. A Man is Molded ; 6. Launching a Career ; 7. The FEPC Grail ; 8. NAACP Labor Secretary ; 9. Taking Command ; 10. All-Out Attack on Segregation ; 11. Confronting the Agony ; 12. Shifting Strategy ; 13. At the Crossroads ; 14. Breakthrough ; 15. The Undaunted Optimist ; Part Two: Fulfilling a Dream ; 16. Challenge of the New Frontier
17. Honing Political Support 18. Guiding the Forces Through the Turbulence ; 19. The 1964 Act: A Dream Realized ; 20. 101st Senator ; 21. ""Our Quaterback"" ; 22. Confronting the Politics of Reaction ; Epilogue ; Appendix 1 Civil Rights Bills: Parliamentary Procedures ; Appendix 2 Differences Between voting Proposals and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ; Appendix 3 What's in the Civil Rights Act? ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Principal Cases Cited ; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798067803321 |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2002 | ||
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Lion in the lobby : Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s struggle for the passage of civil rights laws / / Denton L. Watson |
Autore | Watson Denton L. |
Edizione | [Revised edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (919 p.) |
Disciplina | 323/.092 |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans
Civil rights workers - United States African Americans - Civil rights |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Biographies.
History |
ISBN | 0-7618-6451-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Lion In The Lobby ; Contents ; Foreword ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Part One: Journey Toward the Promised Land ; 1. Trauma of a Lynching ; 2. Covering the Scottsboro Trials ; 3. A Star Is a Small Reward ; 4. Neither North nor South ; 5. A Man is Molded ; 6. Launching a Career ; 7. The FEPC Grail ; 8. NAACP Labor Secretary ; 9. Taking Command ; 10. All-Out Attack on Segregation ; 11. Confronting the Agony ; 12. Shifting Strategy ; 13. At the Crossroads ; 14. Breakthrough ; 15. The Undaunted Optimist ; Part Two: Fulfilling a Dream ; 16. Challenge of the New Frontier
17. Honing Political Support 18. Guiding the Forces Through the Turbulence ; 19. The 1964 Act: A Dream Realized ; 20. 101st Senator ; 21. ""Our Quaterback"" ; 22. Confronting the Politics of Reaction ; Epilogue ; Appendix 1 Civil Rights Bills: Parliamentary Procedures ; Appendix 2 Differences Between voting Proposals and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ; Appendix 3 What's in the Civil Rights Act? ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Principal Cases Cited ; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810187003321 |
Watson Denton L.
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Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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