| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 301 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
No south to us : African American federal employees in republican Washington -- The spoils : politics and Black mobility -- The sensibilities of the people : Black politics in crisis -- Democratic fair play : the Wilson administration in republican Washington -- Wilsonian praxis : racial discrimination in a progressive administration -- Resistance and friction : challenging and justifying Wilsonian praxis -- Creating normalcy : Washington after Wilson |
| Summary |
By 1920, promotions to well-paying federal jobs had nearly vanished for Black workers. This book argues that the Wilson administration's successful 1913 drive to segregate the federal government was a pivotal episode in the age of progressive politics. It investigates how the enactment of this policy, based on Progressives' demands for whiteness in government, imposed a color line on American opportunity and implicated Washington in the economic limitation of African Americans for decades to come |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-289) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed August 3, 2021) |
| Subject |
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
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| SUBJECT |
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
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Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 fast |
| Subject |
African Americans in the civil service -- History -- 20th century
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African Americans -- Segregation.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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African Americans in the civil service
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African Americans -- Segregation
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1469607212 |
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9781469607214 |
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9781469608020 |
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1469608022 |
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