The NAACP in Washington DC: From Jim Crow to Home Rule - Couverture souple

Gray, Derek

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 146714052X ISBN 13 : 9781467140522

Editeur : History Press, 2022

Synopsis

Founded in March 1912, DC branch of the NAACP quickly became the leading organization advocating for the city's Black community.

President Woodrow Wilson's institution of Jim Crow segregation in the federal government in the spring of 1913 galvanized the African American community of DC and the NAACP launched a formidable crusade against Wilson's racist policies. As the preeminent civil rights organization of the nation's capital, it also developed a dual role as a watchdog body to prevent the passage of legislation in Congress that negatively affected African Americans.

Archivist and historian Derek Gray chronicles and analyzes the work of the DC NAACP through the civil rights era to the achievement of Home Rule in the District.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Derek Gray is an archivist at the People's Archive at the D.C. Public Library. He has a passion for the preservation, documentation and presentation of the African American experience in Washington. He has contributed several articles for Washington History, the scholarly journal of the D.C. History Center, and is one of four coauthors of Angels of Deliverance: The Underground Railroad in Queens, Long Island, and Beyond (Queens Historical Society, 1999).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: History Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 146714052X
• ISBN 13: 9781467140522
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible