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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 : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2009.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.0496 SULLIVAN    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  973.0496 SUL    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.0496 SU55    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  973.049 SUL    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.0496 SULLIVAN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.0496 SUL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.0496 SU51    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  973.0496 SUL    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  973.0496 SUL    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.0496 S951LA    Check Shelf
Description xii, 514 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [435]-497) 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 -- Beginning of the end: segregation must go -- "On the threshold of victory" -- Mirror of America.
Summary Delivers a solidly 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 9781595584465 hardcover alkaline paper
1595584463 hardcover alkaline paper
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