Carol Anderson (Atlanta Emory University)

Eyes Off the Prize

The United Nations and the African American Struggle for Human Rights, 1944 1955

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book was first published in 2003. In the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, African American leaders went before the United Nations to fight against the conditions of segregation and inequality in the United States. The 'prize' they sought was human rights - including the right to education, health care, housing, and employment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9780521531580
• ISBN-10: 0521531586
• Artikelnr.: 22324490

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the struggle for black equality
1. Beyond Civil Rights: the NAACP, the United Nations, and redefining the struggle for black equality
2. The struggle for human rights: African Americans petition the United Nations
3. Things fall apart
4. Bleached souls and red negroes
5. The mirage of victory
Epilogue: the prize.