Jim Crow capital : women and black freedom struggles in Washington, D.C., 1920-1945

Jim Crow capital : women and black freedom struggles in Washington, D.C., 1920-1945 / Mary-Elizabeth B. Murphy.

Author/creator	Murphy, Mary-Elizabeth B. author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Description	pages cm
Subject(s)	African American women political activists--Washington (D.C.) --History --20th century. African Americans--Segregation --History --20th century. African Americans--Civil rights --History --20th century. Washington (D.C.)--Race relations --History --20th century.

Contents	The women will be factors in the present campaign : women's national politics in the 1920s -- The eyes of the world are upon us : the politics of lynching -- Make Washington safe for negro womanhood : the politics of police brutality -- Women riot for jobs : the politics of economic justice -- Washington needs the vote : women's campaigns for civil rights in the 1930s -- Jim Crow must go : civil rights struggles during World War II.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2018012532
ISBN	9781469646718 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN	1469646714
ISBN	9781469646725 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN	1469646722
ISBN	(ebook)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E185.86 .M9525 2018	✔ Available	Place Hold