Defining the Struggle - National Organizing for Racial Justice, 1880-1915 (Hardcover)

Since its founding in 1910--the same year as another national organization devoted to the economic and social welfare aspects of race advancement, the National Urban League--the NAACP has been viewed as the vanguard national civil rights organization in American history. But these two flagship institutions were not the first important national organizations devoted to advancing the cause of racial justice. Instead, it was even earlier groups -- including the National Afro American League, the National Afro American Council, the National Association of Colored Women, and the Niagara Movement - that developed and transmitted to the NAACP and National Urban League foundational ideas about law and lawyering that these latter organizations would then pursue.
With unparalleled scholarly depth, Defining the Struggle explores these forerunner organizations whose contributions in shaping early twentieth century national civil rights organizing have largely been forgotten today. It examines the motivations of their leaders, the initiatives they undertook, and the ideas about law and racial justice activism they developed and passed on to future generations. In so doing, it sheds new light on how these early origins helped set the path for twentieth century legal civil rights activism in the United States.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	October 2013
Authors:	Susan D. Carle (Professor of Law)
Dimensions:	236 x 168 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	424
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-994574-0
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Civil law (general works) Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-994574-8
Barcode:	9780199945740

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