What a mighty power we can be : African American fraternal groups and the struggle for racial equality / Theda Skocpol, Ariane Liazos, Marshall Ganz.

Author/creator Skocpol, Theda
Other author Liazos, Ariane, 1976-
Other author Ganz, Marshall, 1943-
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton : Princeton University Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxiii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
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SeriesPrinceton studies in American politics
Princeton studies in American politics. ^A308870
Contents African American fraternalism : a missing chapter in the story of U.S. civic democracy -- The panorama of African American fraternal federations / with the assistance of Jennifer Lynn Oser -- African American fraternals as schools for democracy -- Proprietors, helpmates, and pilgrims in black and white fraternal rituals / by Bayliss Camp and Orit Kent -- Defending the legal right to organize -- Black fraternalists and the mid-twentieth-century movement for civil rights -- The achievements of African American fraternalism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-281) and index.
LCCN 2005038032
ISBN0691122997 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780691122991

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Joyner General Stacks E185.61 .S616 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold