Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America, 1925-1945

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Univ of North Carolina Press, 2001 - 275 páginas
Between World War I and World War II, African Americans' quest for civil rights took on a more aggressive character as a new group of black activists challenged the politics of civility traditionally embraced by old-guard leaders in favor of a more forcef
 

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Introduction
3
No More Servants in the House Pullman Porters Strive for FullFledged Citizenship
17
The Politics of Paternalism and Patronage in Black Chicago
40
Biting the Hand That Feeds Us The BSCP Battles Pullman Paternalism 19251927
63
Launching a Social Movement 19281930
87
Forging Alliances NewCrowd Protest Networks 19301935
107
NewCrowd Networks and the Course of Protest Politics 19351940
126
We Are Americans Too The March on Washington Movement 19411943
148
Protest Politics Comes of Age
175
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Beth Tompkins Bates is associate professor of history in the Department of Africana Studies and the College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs at Wayne State University in Detroit.

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