1st Edition
Freedom's Sword The NAACP and the Struggle Against Racism in America, 1909-1969
By Gilbert Jonas
Copyright 2005
538 Pages
47 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
554 Pages
47 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
554 Pages
47 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Freedom's Sword is the first history to detail the remarkable, lasting achievements of the NAACP's first sixty years. From its pivotal role in overturning the Jim Crow laws in the South to its twenty-year court campaign that culminated with Brown v. the Board of Education, the NAACP has been at the forefront of the struggle against American racism. Gilbert Jonas, a fifty-year veteran of the... Read more
Foreword by Julian Bond Introduction 1. Creating a Change Agent: the NAACP's Early Years 2. The Law As a Weapon Against Unjust Laws 3. Southern Retaliation Against Negro Determination 4. Leading the African-American Quest for Political Power 5. Comes the Revolution: The Struggle Between the NAACP and the Communist Party USA 6. World War II and Its Consequences for Race 7. The Politics of Political Advancement 8. Revolution at the Ballot Box 9. Black Workers, White Unions and the Struggle for Job Equality 10. Head-to-Head with the Garment Workers Union 11. The End of Pretense: Organized Labor Refuses to Desegregate 12. Roy Wilkins: The Gentle Giant 13. The NAACP Develops Financial Muscle Epilogue
Biography
Gilbert Jonas is a civil rights activist and journalist who has worked with the NAACP for over fifty years.
‘For many Barrack Obama represents the fulfilment of the ideal we call the American Dream and indeed the embodiment of the work of the NAACP … This first hand insider view gives a comprehensive account of the personalities and politics of the movement and the relationship between organisation and the leadership … Freedom’s Sword is an important book and deserves a place in our libraries both for its detail on the NAACP and for our understanding of the civil rights movement.’ – SATH History Teaching Review
