Laboured protest black civil rights in New York City and Detroit during the New Deal and Second World War / Oliver Ayers.
| Author/creator | Ayers, Oliver |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The New Deal, the rise of organized labour and national civil rights organizations during the 1930s -- When "poems became placards" : black protest in 1930s New York City -- Civil rights activism in Detroit in the era of unionization, 1933-1941 -- "Getting a grand runaround by management, government and the union" : the shifting contours of employment discrimination in wartime -- The March on Washington movement and national-level protest during the Second World War -- A tale of two committees : black protest in wartime New York City -- Black protests against employment discrimination in wartime Detroit -- Conclusion : civil rights activism in the era of laboured protest. |
| Abstract | "Historians have long realized the US civil rights movement pre-dated Martin Luther King Jr., but they disagree on where, when and why it started. Laboured Protest offers new answers in a study of black political protest during the New Deal and Second World War. It finds a diverse movement where activists from the left operated alongside, and often in competition with, others who signed up to liberal or nationalist political platforms. Protestors in this period often struggled to challenge the different types of discrimination facing black workers, but their energetic campaigning was part of a more complex, and ultimately more interesting, movement than previously thought"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Ayers, Oliver. Laboured protest New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 9781138630901 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018045995 |
| ISBN | 9780429001000 (ebk) |
| ISBN | (hbk) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |