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To Ask for an Equal Chance
African Americans in the Great Depression
Av Cheryl Lynn Greenberg, Jacqueline M. Moore m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
656 kr
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The Great Depression hit Americans hard, but none harder than African Americans and the working poor. To Ask for an Equal Chance explores black experiences during this period and the intertwined challenges posed by race and class. "Last hired, first fired," black workers lost their jobs at twice …
Loyalty in Time of Trial
The African American Experience During World War I
Av Nina Mjagkij, Jacqueline M. Moore
Häftad, 2014
473 kr
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In one of the few book-length treatments of the subject, Nina Mjagkij conveys the full range of the African American experience during the "Great War.” Prior to World War I, most African Americans did not challenge the racial status quo. But nearly 370,000 black soldiers served in the military …
Loyalty in Time of Trial
The African American Experience During World War I
Av Nina Mjagkij
E-bok, 2011
221 kr
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The little-known history of black soldiers and defense workers in the First World War, and what happened afterward: "Highly recommended." —Choice In one of the few book-length treatments of the subject, historian Nina Mjagkij conveys the full range of the African American experience during the …
Light In The Darkness
African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946
Av Nina Mjagkij
E-bok, 2014
524 kr
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From the time of its emergence in the United States in 1852, the Young Men's Christian Association excluded blacks from membership in white branches but encouraged them to form their own associations and to join the Christian brotherhood on "separate but equal" terms. Nina Mjagkij's book, the first …
Light In The Darkness
African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946
Av Nina Mjagkij
Häftad, 2003
372 kr
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From the time of its emergence in the United States in 1852, the Young Men's Christian Association excluded blacks from membership in white branches but encouraged them to form their own associations and to join the Christian brotherhood on "separate but equal" terms. Nina Mjagkij's book, the first …
Men and Women Adrift
The YMCA and the YWCA in the City
Av Nina Mjagkij, Margaret Ann Spratt
Inbunden, 1997
968 kr
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The YMCA and the YWCA have been an integral part of America's urban landscape since their emergence almost 150 years ago. Yet the significant influence these organizations had on American society has been largely overlooked. Men and Women Adrift explores the role of the YMCA and YWCA in shaping the …
Men and Women Adrift
The YMCA and the YWCA in the City
Av Nina Mjagkij, Margaret Ann Spratt
Häftad, 1997
385 kr
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The YMCA and the YWCA have been an integral part of America's urban landscape since their emergence almost 150 years ago. Yet the significant influence these organizations had on American society has been largely overlooked. Men and Women Adrift explores the role of the YMCA and YWCA in shaping the …
Organizing Black America: An Encyclopedia of African American Associations
Av Nina Mjagkij
E-bok, 2003
5205 kr
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With information on over 500 organizations, their founders and membership, this unique encyclopedia is an invaluable resource on the history of African-American activism. Entries on both historical and contemporary organizations include: * African Aid Society * African-Americans for Humanism * …
Organizing Black America: An Encyclopedia of African American Associations
Av Nina Mjagkij
E-bok, 2003
5205 kr
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With information on over 500 organizations, their founders and membership, this unique encyclopedia is an invaluable resource on the history of African-American activism. Entries on both historical and contemporary organizations include: * African Aid Society * African-Americans for Humanism * …
African American Experience during World War II
Av Neil A. Wynn, Jacqueline M. Moore m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
941 kr
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Drawing on more than thirty years of teaching and research, Neil A. Wynn combines narrative history and primary sources as he locates the World War II years within the long-term struggle for African Americans' equal rights. It is now widely accepted that these years were crucial in the development …
Slavery and Freedom in the Caribbean
From Colonialism to Emancipation
Av Gelien Matthews, Jacqueline M. Moore m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
448 kr
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Slavery and Freedom in the Caribbean explores the experiences of the enslaved and their struggle to win freedom in the islands of the Caribbean from the end of the fifteenth century to the nineteenth century when formal emancipation came into effect. Captured for the trans-Atlantic slave trade, …
