Freedom's sword
the NAACP and the struggle against racism in America, 1909-1969
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Word Count
130,000 words, Guess
Page Count
520 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3293931M
- ISBN-100415949858
- OCLC Control Number60841890
- OCLC Control Number55729866
- OCLC Control Numberfreedomsswordnaa00jona_0
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004014112
- Goodreads3716497
Classifications
- DDC323.1/196073/006073
- LCCE185.5.N276 J66 2005
Description
"In 1909, "The Call" went out against Jim Crow racism, and American race relations began to change. The violent discrimination that continued in the South spurred a group of concerned white liberals to form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization that grew to become one of the most powerful social forces in American history. Gilbert Jonas, who worked with the NAACP for more than 50 years, draws upon firsthand experience and extraordinary access to reveal how the organization contributed to the eradication of lynching in the South, the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, and the passage of the 1964 Voting Rights Act. Jonas documents the NAACP's role in landmark events in American history, including the famed 1939 concert by Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial and the historic 1963 march on Washington, led by A. Philip Randolph." "Freedom's Sword also examines the accomplishments of the NAACP's legendary leadership, which included Thurgood Marshall, Charles Hamilton Houston, James Weldon Johnson, and Roy Wilkins."--BOOK JACKET.
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