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Author Miller, Paul T., author.

Title The postwar struggle for civil rights : African Americans in San Francisco, 1945-1975 / Paul T. Miller
Published New York : Routledge, 2010
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 167 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in African American history and culture
Studies in African American history and culture.
Contents The postwar 1940s -- Challenges of the 1950s : discrimination, employment and crime -- Housing in the 1950s -- Protest and struggle, 1960-1964 -- Rights and repression, 1965-1969 -- Housing in the 1960s -- The 1970s, progress and setbacks
Summary Paul T. Miller tells the story of African Americans in San Francisco, tracing the obstacles faced and triumphs achieved in areas as housing, employment and education, and adding to our understandings of civil rights and the intersection of race and geography within the postwar period of American history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-164) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject African Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Civil rights -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights movements -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
Race discrimination -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
Discrimination in housing -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
African Americans
African Americans -- Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Discrimination in housing
Race discrimination
Race relations
SUBJECT San Francisco (Calif.) -- Race relations
Subject California -- San Francisco
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009019419
ISBN 9780203866122
0203866126
9786612284083
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9781135235154
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9780415851459
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