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American dream deferred : Black federal workers in Washington, DC, 1941-1981
- Title
- American dream deferred : Black federal workers in Washington, DC, 1941-1981 / Frederick W. Gooding Jr.
- Author
- Gooding, F. W.
- Publication
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- ix, 245 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- United States
- African Americans > Employment
- 1900-1999
- History
- Black author
- Employees
- African Americans in the civil service > Employment > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century
- United States > Officials and employees > History > 20th century
- African Americans > Economic conditions > 20th century
- African Americans > Employment > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Based on the author's 2013 doctoral dissertation.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : Painting the picture of black federal workers -- "Boy! Look at all these government girls!" : black opportunity in the nation's capital, 1941-1945 -- "Study long, study wrong" : achievements and limits of commissions studying discrimination in the federal workforce, 1945-1947 -- "This is not working" : white resistance to black persistence, 1948-1959 -- "Rats! Discriminated again!" : Julius Hobson and the rising Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1969 -- "I was hurting" : blacks in government on the mend, 1970-1981 -- Epilogue : A moving picture of black workers, 1980-1981.
- Call Number
- Sc E 19-413
- ISBN
- 9780822945390
- 0822945398
- OCLC
- 1032021515
- Author
- Gooding, F. W., author.
- Title
- American dream deferred : Black federal workers in Washington, DC, 1941-1981 / Frederick W. Gooding Jr.
- Publisher
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 19-413