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.