MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2014007759
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010 $a 2014007759
020 $a9780252038624 (hardback : acid-free paper)
020 $z9780252096556 (e-book)
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050 00 $aE185.61$b.L814 2014
082 00 $a3232.1196/073$223
084 $aPOL004000$aSOC001000$aHIS036060$2bisacsh
100 1 $aLucander, David,$d1980-
245 10 $aWinning the war for democracy :$bthe March on Washington Movement, 1941-1946 /$cDavid Lucander.
264 1 $aUrbana :$bUniversity of Illinois Press,$c2014.
300 $axi, 320 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"Scholars regard the March on Washington Movement (MOWM) as a forerunner of the postwar Civil Rights movement. Led by the charismatic A. Philip Randolph, MOWM scored an early victory when it forced the Roosevelt Administration to issue a landmark executive order that prohibited defense contractors from practicing racial discrimination. Winning the War for Democracy : The March on Washington Movement, 1941-1946 recalls that triumph, but also looks beyond Randolph and the MOWM's national leadership to focus on the organization's evolution and actions at the local level. Using personal papers of MOWM members such as T.D. McNeal, internal government documents from the Roosevelt administration, and other primary sources, David Lucander highlights how local affiliates fighting for a double victory against fascism and racism helped the national MOWM accrue the political capital it needed to effect change. Lucander details the efforts of grassroots organizers to implement MOWM's program of empowering African Americans via meetings and marches at defense plants and government buildings and, in particular, focuses on the contributions of women activists like Layle Lane, E. Pauline Myers, and Anna Arnold Hedgeman. Throughout he shows how local activities often diverged from policies laid out at MOWM's national office, and how grassroots participants on both sides ignored the rivalry between Randolph and the leadership of the NAACP to align with one-another on the ground"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references(pages 275-308) and index.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory$y20th century.
610 20 $aMarch on Washington Movement (Organization)
600 10 $aRandolph, A. Philip$q(Asa Philip),$d1889-1979.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCommittee on Fair Employment Practice.
650 0 $aCivil rights movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xEmployment$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xEconomic conditions$y20th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.$2bisacsh