Whitney M. Young, Jr., and the Struggle for Civil Rights / / Nancy Joan Weiss.
Whitney M. Young, Jr., the charismatic executive director of the National Urban League from 1961 to 1971, bridged the worlds of race and power. The "inside man" of the black revolution, he served as interpreter between black America and the businessmen, foundation executives, and public of...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1990 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (314 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- I. Growing Up at Lincoln Institute
- II. Kentucky State
- III. World War II
- IV. St. Paul and Omaha: Early Years in the Urban League
- V. Atlanta: Social Work and Civil Rights
- VI. A Year Off and a New Job
- VII. Leader of the National Urban League
- VIII. The Civil Rights Movement
- IX. The Corporate Establishment
- X. The Kennedy and Johnson Administrations
- XI. The Strains of Celebrity
- XII. Rlack Power
- XIII. The Nixon Administration
- XIV. Doubts, Pressures, Prospects for the Future
- XV. Lagos
- Epilogue
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- A Note on Sources
- Index