Grassroots at the Gateway : Class Politics and Black Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, 1936-75.
Lang, Clarence.
Grassroots at the Gateway : Class Politics and Black Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, 1936-75. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (345 pages) - Class : Culture Series . - Class : Culture Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. A Black Working-Class Public, 1932-39 -- 2. The St. Louis March on Washington and the Historic Bloc for "Double Victory," 1942-45 -- 3. Black Working-Class Demobilization and Liberal Interracialism, 1946-54 -- 4. Grassroots Renewal and the "Heroic" Period, 1956-61 -- 5. Black Freedom at the Crossroads of Automation and De Facto Racism, 1962-64 -- 6. The Jefferson Bank Boycott and the "General Strike" against Racism, 1963-64 -- 7. "What Do We Want?": Black Power and the Growing Contradictions of Class, 1965-71 -- 8. Broken Bloc: "Law and Order," the New Right, and Racial Uplift Redux, 1968-75 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Illustrations.
Offers a new conceptualization of black workingclass participation in the civil rights movement.
9780472026548
African Americans - Missouri - Saint Louis - History - 20th century.
Electronic books.
F474
305.5
Grassroots at the Gateway : Class Politics and Black Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, 1936-75. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (345 pages) - Class : Culture Series . - Class : Culture Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. A Black Working-Class Public, 1932-39 -- 2. The St. Louis March on Washington and the Historic Bloc for "Double Victory," 1942-45 -- 3. Black Working-Class Demobilization and Liberal Interracialism, 1946-54 -- 4. Grassroots Renewal and the "Heroic" Period, 1956-61 -- 5. Black Freedom at the Crossroads of Automation and De Facto Racism, 1962-64 -- 6. The Jefferson Bank Boycott and the "General Strike" against Racism, 1963-64 -- 7. "What Do We Want?": Black Power and the Growing Contradictions of Class, 1965-71 -- 8. Broken Bloc: "Law and Order," the New Right, and Racial Uplift Redux, 1968-75 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Illustrations.
Offers a new conceptualization of black workingclass participation in the civil rights movement.
9780472026548
African Americans - Missouri - Saint Louis - History - 20th century.
Electronic books.
F474
305.5