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Born along the color line [electronic resource] : the 1933 Amenia Conference and the rise of a national civil rights movement / Eben Miller.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource (xi, 355 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780190254285 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Redding, Louis L | Harris, Abram Lincoln, 1899-1963 | Jackson, Juanita C | Weston, M. Moran, 1910-2002 | Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971 | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- History -- 20th century | Amenia Conference (1933) | Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century | African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
| African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195174557DDC classification: 323.1196073 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In August, 1933, dozens of people gathered 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. This book narrates how this little-known conference brought together a remarkable young group of African American activists, capturing through the lives of five extraordinary participants - Juanita Jackson, Ralph Bunche, Abram Harris, Louis Redding, and Moran Weston - how this generation shaped the ongoing movement for civil rights during the Depression, World War II, and beyond.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In August, 1933, dozens of people gathered 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. This book narrates how this little-known conference brought together a remarkable young group of African American activists, capturing through the lives of five extraordinary participants - Juanita Jackson, Ralph Bunche, Abram Harris, Louis Redding, and Moran Weston - how this generation shaped the ongoing movement for civil rights during the Depression, World War II, and beyond.
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