An army of lions : the civil rights struggle before the NAACP

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In January 1890, journalist T. Thomas Fortune stood before a delegation of African American activists in Chicago and declared, "We know our rights and have the courage to defend them," as together they formed the Afro-American League, the nation's first national civil rights organizat...

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Main Author: Alexander, Shawn Leigh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012
Series:Politics and culture in modern America.
Subjects:
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
Civil rights movements > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Politics and government > 19th century.
African Americans > Politics and government > 20th century.
African Americans > Social conditions > To 1964.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Aceldama and the black response
  • "Stand their ground on this civil rights business"
  • Interregnum and resurrection
  • Not just "a bubble in soap water"
  • To awaken the conscience of America
  • Invasion of the Tuskegee machine
  • An army of mice or an army of lions?
  • "It is strike now or never.

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