| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 305 pages) |
| Contents |
The man don't need me anymore: from free labor to displaced persons -- This is home: black workers' responses to displacement and out-migration -- They could make some decisions: the war on poverty and community action -- Okra is a threat: the low-income cooperative movement -- OEO is finished: federal withdrawal and the return to states' rights -- To build something, where they are: the federation of southern cooperatives and rural economic development -- A world of despair: free enterprise and its failures -- Government cannot solve our problems: legacies of displacement -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Focusing on the plantation regions of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Greta de Jong analyzes how social justice activists responded to mass unemployment by lobbying political leaders, initiating anti-poverty projects, and forming cooperative enterprises that fostered economic and political autonomy, efforts that encountered strong opposition from free market proponents who opposed government action |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed July 29, 2021) |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1964-1975.
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African Americans -- Economic conditions.
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Southern States
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Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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History -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Political Science -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Social Science -- Ethnic Studies -- American -- African American & Black Studies.
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African Americans -- Economic conditions
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African Americans -- Social conditions
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects
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Economic history
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Migration, Internal
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| SUBJECT |
Southern States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125642
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Southern States -- History -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125650
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Southern States
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781469629322 |
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1469629321 |
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9781469629315 |
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1469629313 |
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