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The Postwar Struggle for Civil Rights: African Americans in San Francisco, 1945–1975: Studies in African American History and Culture

Autor Paul T. Miller
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 sep 2009
The war industries associated with World War II brought unparalleled employment opportunities for African Americans in San Francisco, a city whose African American population grew by over 650% between 1940 and 1945. With this population increase came an increase in racial discrimination directed at African Americans, primarily in the employment and housing sectors. In San Francisco, most African Americans were effectively barred from renting or buying homes in all but a few neighborhoods and, except for the well-educated and lucky, employment opportunities were open in near-entry levels for white-collar positions or in unskilled and semi-skilled blue-collar positions. As San Francisco's African American population expanded, civil rights groups formed coalitions to picket and protest, thereby effectively expanding job opportunities and opening the housing market for African American San Franciscans. This book describes and explains some of the obstacles and triumphs faced and achieved in areas such as housing, employment, education and civil rights. It reaches across disciplines from African American studies and history into urban studies and sociology.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415806015
ISBN-10: 0415806011
Pagini: 184
Ilustrații: 13 b/w images and 13 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Studies in African American History and Culture

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction  1. The Postwar 1940s  2. Challenges of the 1950s: Discrimination, Employment and Crime  3. Housing in the 1950s  4. 1960–1964, Protest and Struggle  5. 1965–1969, Rights and Repression  6. Housing in the 1960s  7. The 1970s, Progress and Setbacks.  Conclusion

Descriere

Paul T. Miller tells the story of African Americans in San Francisco, tracing the obstacles faced and triumphs achieved in areas as housing, employment and education, and adding to our understandings of civil rights and the intersection of race and geography within the postwar period of American history.