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Author Sullivan, Patricia, 1950-

Title Lift every voice : the NAACP and the making of the civil rights movement / Patricia Sullivan.

Publication Info. New York : New Press ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2010.
2009.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.0496 S951L    Check Shelf
Description xix, 522 pages ; 24 cm
Note Originally published: 2009.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Call to action -- Welding the hammers -- Going south : the NAACP in the World War I era -- Making a way : the "new Negro" in postwar America -- Radical visions : the depression years -- Crossroads : protest and politics in the New Deal era -- In the shadow of war : battlefields for freedom -- Justice now : claiming the postwar moment -- The beginning of the end : segregation must go -- "On the threshold of victory" -- Mirror of America.
Summary Provides an extensively researched examination of the NAACP's growth and influence, from its inception in 1909 to the present.
Subject National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- History.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations.
ISBN 9781595585448 paperback
1595585443 paperback
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