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The economic civil rights movement : African Americans and the struggle for economic power

Title
The economic civil rights movement : African Americans and the struggle for economic power / edited by Michael Ezra.
Publication
New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.

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Additional Authors
Ezra, Michael, 1972-
Description
vi, 213 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Routledge studies in African American history ; 1
Uniform Title
Routledge studies in African American history ; 1.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The economic dimensions of the black freedom struggle / Michael Ezra -- Pt. 1. African American campaigns for economic power before the Civil Rights Movement, 1925-1954 -- A. Philip Randolph, early pioneer : the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, National Negro Congress, and the March on Washington movement / Rhonda Jones -- Mary McLeod Bethune, the National Council of Negro Women, and the prewar push for equal opportunity in defense projects / Gloria-Yvonne -- The Brooklyn Urban League and Equal Employment Opportunity in New York's war industries / Carla J. DuBose -- Early economic civil rights in Washington, DC : the new Negro Alliance, Howard University, and the Interracial Workshop / Derek Charles Catsam -- The moral economy of postwar radical interracial summer camping / Orion A. Teal -- The NAACP boycott of the Amos 'n' Andy Show / Justin T. Lorts -- Pt. 2. African American campaigns for economic power during the Civil Rights Era and beyond -- Economic civil rights activism in Pensacola, Florida / J. Michael Butler -- Muhammad Ali's main bout : African American economic power and the World Heavyweight Title / Michael Ezra -- Operation Breadbasket in Chicago : between civil rights and black capitalism / Enrico Beltramini -- Progress Plaza : Leon Sullivan, Zion investment associates, and black power in a Philadelphia shopping center / Stephanie Dyer -- Black power on the factory floor / Kieran W. Taylor -- Acquiring "a piece of the action" : the rise and fall of the black capitalism movement / Ibram H. Rogers -- Soul City, North Carolina and the business of black power / Christopher B. Strain.
Call Number
Sc E 13-1122
ISBN
  • 9780415537360 (hbk)
  • 0415537363 (hbk)
  • 9780203110478 (ebk) (canceled/invalid)
  • 0203110471 (ebk) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2012051038
  • 40022263891
OCLC
773023790
Title
The economic civil rights movement : African Americans and the struggle for economic power / edited by Michael Ezra.
Publisher
New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Routledge studies in African American history ; 1
Routledge studies in African American history ; 1.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Ezra, Michael, 1972-
Other Standard Identifier
40022263891
Research Call Number
Sc E 13-1122
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