An Army of Lions: The Civil Rights Struggle Before the NAACP
Shawn Leigh AlexanderIn 1890, a delegation of African American activists formed the Afro-American League, the nation's first national civil rights organization. Over the course of nearly two decades, these activists fought to end disfranchisement and segregation, and to contest racial violence, creating the foundation for the NAACP and the modern civil rights movement.
In 1890, a delegation of African American activists formed the Afro-American League, the nation's first national civil rights organization. Over the course of nearly two decades, these activists fought to end disfranchisement and segregation, and to contest racial violence, creating the foundation for the NAACP and the modern civil rights movement.
Anno:
2011
Casa editrice:
University of Pennsylvania Press
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
408
ISBN 10:
0812205723
ISBN 13:
9780812205725
File:
PDF, 5.19 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011