1 Jobs for All

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Prologue: The Rise of the Struggle for Negro Rights 1
4. 1 Jobs for All 17
5. 2 Black Mobilization and Civil Rights Politics 38
6. 3 Lynching, Northern Style 60
7. 4 Desegregating the Metropolis 79
8. 5 Dead Letter Legislation 98
9. 6 An Unnatural Division of People 112
10. 7 Anticommunism and Civil Rights 137
11. 8 The Paradoxical Effects of the Cold War 164
12. 9 Racial Violence in the Free World 191
13. 10 Lift Every Voice and Vote 208
14. 11 Resisting Resegregation 223
15. 12 To Stand and Fight 250
16. Epilogue: Another Kind of America 272
17. Abbreviations 291
18. Notes 293
19. Acknowledgments 335
20. Illustration Credits 339
21. Index 341