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100	1		_aJonas, Gilbert.
245	1	0	_aFreedom's sword _h[electronic resource] : _bthe NAACP and the struggle against racism in America, 1909-1969 / _cGilbert Jonas ; with a foreword by Julian Bond.
260			_aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2005.
300			_axvii, 520 p. [16] p. of plates : _bill.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [471]-480) and index.
505	0		_aCreating a change agent : the NAACP's early years during which the new group rejects Booker T. Washington's accommodationist views for W.E.B. DuBois' militancy -- The law as a weapon against unjust laws : how Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall crafted the strategy which produced Brown v. Board of Education -- Southern retaliation vs. Negro determination : the NAACP's assault on Jim Crow places it in mortal combat with the Ku Klux Klan and the White Citizens Councils -- Leading the quest for political power : James Weldon Johnson leads the fight against lynching, then Walter White defeats President Hoover's Supreme Court nominee -- Comes the revolution : the struggle between the NAACP and the Communist Party USA : White and Wilkins thwart the communist attempts to win the loyalty of American Negroes -- World Wwar II and its consequences for race : the NAACP presses FDR to utilize Negro troops and open up defense industry jobs to Negroes with Mrs. Roosevelt's help --
505	0		_aThe politics of political advancement, passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Bill : as Dr. King leads southern civil rights confrontations, Roy Wilkins and Clarence Mitchell, with Pres. Johnson's help, guide the passage of this unprecedented bill through Congress -- Revolution at the ballot box, the fight for the 1965 Voting Rights Act, led by the NAACP : a broad coalition joined by LBJ, Dirksen and Humphrey win congressional approval of Voting Rights Bill -- Black workers, white unions and the struggle for job equality : A. Philip Randolph and NAACP challenge the AF of L, while looking to the John L. Lewis and CIO for equity in the workplace -- Head-to-head with the ILGWU : a case study of conflict between a powerful union and the NAACP : Herbert Hill exposes the racial labor practices of David Dubinsky and the Ladies Garment Workers Union -- The end of pretense : organized labor refuses to desegregate : George Meany and the ALF-CIO reject the NAACP's pleas to open labor's doors to opportunities for African-Americans -- Roy Wilkins : the gentle giant, advisor to presidents and the nation's leading spokesman for black Americans : Wilkins' steady hand on the tiller brings the NAACP to its apogee -- The NAACP develops financial muscle : new white income sources drive program expansion; from Ford Foundation to Rockefeller, from General Motors to AT&T, the nation's heavy financial hitters extend their support to the NAACP.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2013. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
610	2	0	_aNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People _xHistory.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xCivil rights _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aCivil rights movements _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xPolitics and government _y20th century.
650		0	_aRacism _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
651		0	_aUnited States _xRace relations.
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856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10094781 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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