Title Born along the color line : the 1933 Amenia Conference and the rise of a national civil rights movement / Eben Miller

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource Contents Louis Redding's invitation -- Abram Harris and the "economics of the race problem" -- At Troutbeck -- 69 Fifth Avenue -- Juanita Jackson, leading Negro youth -- In Moran Weston's Harlem -- The question of Ralph Bunche's loyalty Summary In August, 1933, dozens of people gathered amid seven large, canvas tents in a field near Amenia, in upstate New York. Joel Spingarn, president of the board of the NAACP, had called a conference to revitalize the flagging civil rights organization. In Amenia, such old lions as the 65 year-old W.E.B. DuBois would mingle with "the coming leaders of Negro thought." It was a fascinating encounter that would transform the civil rights movement. With elegant writing and piercing insight, historian Eben Miller narrates how this little-known conference brought together a remarkable young gro Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Redding, Louis L Harris, Abram Lincoln, 1899-1963. Jackson, Juanita C Weston, M. Moran, 1910-2002. Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971. SUBJECT Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971 fast Harris, Abram Lincoln, 1899-1963 fast Jackson, Juanita C. fast Redding, Louis L. fast Weston, M. Moran, 1910-2002 fast Subject National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT National Association for the Advancement of Colored People fast Amenia Conference (1933) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95094510 Amenia Conference fast Subject Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Economic conditions Civil rights movements United States Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199930555 0199930554 9780190254285 0190254289

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