From Rights to Economics

From Rights to Economics

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Minchin Timothy J.
University Press of Florida
EAN: 9780813030920
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Rich with the voices of black and white southern workers, ""From Rights to Economics"" shows how ardently African Americans have had to continue fighting for economic parity in the decades since the civil rights legislation of the 1960s. Using oral histories and case studies that focus on black activism throughout the entire South, award-winning historian Timothy Minchin examines the work of grassroots groups - including the Southern Regional Council and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund - who struggled with the economic dimensions of the movement. While white workers and managers resisted integration, activists' efforts gradually secured a wider range of job opportunities for blacks. Minchin shows, however, that the decline of manufacturing industry in the South has been especially difficult for the African American community, wiping out many good jobs just as blacks were gaining access to them. Minchin also offers a detailed discussion of a major school integration battle in Louisville, Kentucky, and examines the role of affirmative action in the ongoing black struggle.
EAN 9780813030920
ISBN 0813030927
Binding Hardback
Publisher University Press of Florida
Publication date September 30, 2007
Pages 224
Language English
Country United States
Readership Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Authors Minchin Timothy J.
Series editors Smith John David
Series New Perspectives on the History of the South