The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights

Jones, William P.

ISBN 10: 0393082857 / ISBN 13: 9780393082852

Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013

Codice articolo 0393082857-3-35452419

Riassunto:

The opening speech of the day was delivered by the leader of the march, the great trade unionist A. Philip Randolph, who first called for a march on Washington in 1941 to press for equal opportunity in employment and the armed forces. To the crowd that stretched more than a mile before him, Randolph called for an end to segregation and a living wage for every American. Equal access to accommodations and services would mean little to people, white and black, who could not afford them. Randolph s egalitarian vision of economic and social citizenship is the strong thread running through the full history of the March on Washington Movement. It was a movement of sustained grassroots organizing, linked locally to women s groups, unions, and churches across the country. Jones s fresh, compelling history delivers a new understanding of this emblematic event and the broader civil rights movement it propelled.

Informazioni sull?autore: William P. Jones, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is a specialist in civil rights and labor history and contributes to The Nation and other publications. He and his family live in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Titolo: The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and ...
Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: hardcover
Condizione: Good