Their protests were for military leaders a constant source of frustration and annoyance. However, one can discern a decided shift in the approach of the War Department in 1943.
Race relations between white and black Americans in the Army Air Forces (AAF) during World War II ran the gamut from harmonious to hostile, depending upon the unique circumstances existing within each unit, command, and theater.
Their protests were for military leaders a constant source of frustration and annoyance. However, one can discern a decided shift in the approach of the War Department in 1943.
A central focus of the book is Teddy Kollek, the city's outspoken mayor for nearly three decades, whose failures have gone largely unreported until now.
From a New York Times bestselling author, the definitive history of the Kerner Commission, whose report on urban unrest reshaped American debates about race and inequality In Separate and Unequal, New York Times bestselling historian Steven ...
Highlighting the central influence of the US federal government on race relations well before the 1960s, this book uncovers, through archival research, how the federal government used its power to...
This is a revealing study of the crucial period in the educational development of the South as it involved the separate but equal" doctrine.
This book argues for a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the language of judges with respect to the issue of gender discrimination.
Such different treatment, on the basis of race, ethnicity and national origin and not narrowly tailored to meet genuine security or other legitimate goals, is not justifiable and therefore violates the fundamental prohibition against ...
Separate and Unequal combines judicial records and historic photographs with a richly evocative portrait of Jim Crow–era Louisiana and a tale of the personal heroism of Homer Plessy; lawyer Albion Tourgée, who argued his case pro bono; ...
This is the book's first major theme, explored through detailed examination of Federal government departments andprogrammes. The book's second major theme is that segregated race relations resulted in intense inequality for Black Americans.
This is a revealing study of the crucial period in the educational development of the South as it involved the separate but equal" doctrine.
The author reconstructs the events that inspired the landmark Supreme Court case that supported the states' rights to establish "separate but equal" institutions in the U.S., revealing the complex history and colorful characters ...
"In this landmark book, Desmond King reveals and corrects a glaring gap at the epicenter of studies of racial inequality and political development in the United States: their blindness to...
... separate and unequal " for America's black and Hispanic families . We look at two aspects of people's lives : their own household incomes and the quality of their neighborhoods . Both are important , and they are surprisingly distinct ...
Separate and Unequal: How Integration Can Deliver the Good Society