Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (413 pages)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0813148812
,
9780813148816
Inhalt:
During the turbulent 1960s, civil rights leader Whitney M. Young Jr. devised a new and effective strategy to achieve equality for African Americans. Young blended interracial mediation with direct protest, demonstrating that these methods pursued together were the best tactics for achieving social, economic, and political change. Militant Mediator is a powerful reassessment of this key and controversial figure in the civil rights movement. It is the first biography to explore in depth the influence Young's father, a civil rights leader in Kentucky, had on his son. Dickerson traces Young's swi
Inhalt:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 As the Twig Is Bent; 2 Growing Up with Jim Crow; 3 Maturing in Minnesota; 4 Becoming a Leader; 5 An Activist Educator; 6 Crossroads; 7 Retooling the League; 8 Maintaining a Middle Ground; 9 Humanizing the City; 10 Corporate Philanthropy and Civil Rights; 11 Washington Insider; 12 On the War Front; 13 The Ties That Bind; 14 Home to Africa; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780813120584
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dickerson, Dennis C Militant Mediator : Whitney M. Young Jr Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 ISBN 9780813120584
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Biography
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Bookmarklink
