Separate and unequal [electronic resource] : black Americans and the US federal government / Desmond King.
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon, 1995Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 352 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780191599682 (ebook) :; 0191599689 (ebook) :.Subject(s): African Americans in the civil service | African Americans -- Segregation | United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans | United States -- Race relationsAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780198292494DDC classification: 331.6'396'073 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Highlighting the central influence of the US federal government on race relations well before the 1960s, this book uncovers, through archival research, how the federal government used its power to impose a segregated pattern of race relations among its employees and, through its programs, upon the whole of American society.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Highlighting the central influence of the US federal government on race relations well before the 1960s, this book uncovers, through archival research, how the federal government used its power to impose a segregated pattern of race relations among its employees and, through its programs, upon the whole of American society.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.