Death blow to Jim Crow : the National Negro Congress and the rise of militant civil rights / Erik S. Gellman.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Main Author: Gellman, Erik S.
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012], ©2012.
Series:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subjects:
National Negro Congress (U.S.) > History.
Southern Negro Youth Congress > History.
African Americans > Segregation > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Race discrimination > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > History > 1877-1964.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:xiii, 354 pages.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Labor's triumph and the "black magna carta" in the Chicago region, 1936-1939
  • Negro youth strike back against the "Virginia way" in Richmond, 1937-1940
  • Civilization has taken a holiday : violence and security in the nation's capital
  • Interlude : black and white, red, and over? : the Congress splits in Washington
  • Finding the north star in New York : home front battles during the Second World War
  • The world's "firing line" : South Carolina's postwar internationalism
  • Conclusion : gone with what wind?