Title Laboured protest : Black civil rights in New York City and Detroit during the New Deal and Second World War / Oliver Ayers

Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 ©2019

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Description 1 online resource ( ix, 289 pages) Contents The New Deal, the rise of organized labour and national civil rights organizations during the 1930s -- When poems became placards: black protest in 1930s New York City -- Civil rights activism in Detroit in the era of unionization, 1933-1941 -- Getting a grand runaround by management, government and the union: the shifting contours of employment discrimination in wartime -- The March on Washington movement and national-level protest during the Second World War -- A tale of two committees: black protest in wartime New York City -- Black protests against employment discrimination in wartime Detroit -- Conclusion: civil rights activism in the era of laboured protest Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 10, 2019) Subject African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century. African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century. Civil rights movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century. Civil rights movements -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century. Labor movement -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century. Labor movement -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century. Form Electronic book Author Taylor & Francis. LC no. 2018045995 ISBN 9780429001000 (electronic book) 0429001002 (electronic book)

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