Civil Rights on Long Island - Hardcover

Verga, Christopher Claude; African American Museum Of Nassau County

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1540200345 ISBN 13: 9781540200341

Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Long Island has been in the corridors of almost all major turning points of American history, but Long Island has been overlooked as a battleground of the civil rights movement. Since early colonization by the English settlers in the 17th century, the shadow of slavery has bequeathed a racial caste system that has directly or indirectly been enforced. During World War II, every member of society was asked to participate in ending tyranny within European and Asian borders. Homeward-bound black soldiers expected a societal change in race relations; instead they found the same racial barriers they experienced prior to the war. They were refused homes in developments such as Levittown, denied mortgages, and had their children face limited educational opportunities. Collective efforts from organizations such as Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) employed civil disobedience as a tactic to fracture racial barriers.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1540200345
• ISBN 13: 9781540200341
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 130
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