Black Spokane : the civil rights struggle in the inland northwest / Dwayne A. Mack.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Race and culture in the American West ; v. 8.
Main Author: Mack, Dwayne, 1968-
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2014]
Series:Race and culture in the American West ; v. 8.
Subjects:
African Americans > Civil rights > Washington (State) > Spokane > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Washington (State) > Spokane > Politics and government > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Washington (State) > Spokane > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Washington (State) > Spokane.
African Americans.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Politics and government.
Civil rights movements.
Race relations.
Spokane (Wash.) > Race relations.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xxiv, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Paving the way: Spokane's Black pioneers and the settlement of Washington State
  • The impact of the second great migration on Spokane
  • Responding to racial discrimination in the inland northwest
  • The elusive double victory: race relations during the postwar period
  • The momentum swings: the struggle for racial equality during the 1950s
  • Challenging racial barriers in the 1960s
  • Political currents in post-civil rights era Spokane: Black empowerment.