When baseball went white : reconstruction, reconciliation, and dreams of a national pastime / Ryan A. Swanson.

2024-05-14T01:47:16Z

by Swanson, Ryan A.
Call Number 796.35709034 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary "Explains how in the decade following the Civil War, baseball became segregated because its leaders wanted to grow its presence and appeal to Southerners, and wanted to professionalize it. The result was the exclusion of black players that lasted until 1947"--
Format: Electronic Resources
Click here to view

A. Philip Randolph and the struggle for civil rights [electronic resource] / Cornelius L. Bynum.

2024-05-14T01:47:16Z

by Bynum, Cornelius L., 1971-
Call Number 323.092
Publication Date 2010
Summary A. Philip Randolph's career as a trade unionist and civil rights activist fundamentally shaped the course of black protest in the mid-twentieth century. Standing alongside individuals such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey at the center of the cultural renaissance and political radicalism that shaped communities such as Harlem in the 1920s and into the 1930s, Randolph fashioned an understanding of social justice that reflected a deep awareness of how race complicated class concerns, especially among black laborers. Examining Randolph's work in lobbying for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, threatening to lead a march on Washington in 1941, and establishing the Fair Employment Practice Committee, Cornelius L. Bynum shows that Randolph's push for African American equality took place within a broader progressive program of industrial reform. Some of Randolph's pioneering plans for engineering change--which served as foundational strategies in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s--included direct mass action, nonviolent civil disobedience, and purposeful coalitions between black and white workers. Bynum interweaves biographical information on Randolph with details on how he gradually shifted his thinking about race and class, full citizenship rights, industrial organization, trade unionism, and civil rights protest throughout his activist career. --From publisher's description.
Format: Electronic Resources
Click here to view

Search Results for reconciliation - Narrowed by: United States -- Race relations.

When baseball went white : reconstruction, reconciliation, and dreams of a national pastime / Ryan A. Swanson.

A. Philip Randolph and the struggle for civil rights [electronic resource] / Cornelius L. Bynum.