Race, Jobs, and the War

Name: Race, Jobs, and the War
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ISBN: 9780252074172

ISBN-10: 0252074173

ISBN-13: 9780252074172

Edition: 1999

Authors: Andrew Kersten

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A richly detailed look at the crucial role of federally supported civil rights activismIn this rigorous and thoroughly documented study focusing on the pivotal Midwest, Andrew E. Kersten shows how a tiny government agency--the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice (FEPC)--influenced the course of civil rights reform, moving the United States closer to a national fair employment policy and laying the foundation for today's contested affirmative action practices. Rejecting claims that black advancement during the war was due primarily to shortages of labor,Race, Jobs, and the Warcontends that the FEPC made significant strides in breaking racial barriers, settling complaints, and…

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List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 4/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Andrew E. Kerstenis Professor of American History and a member of the Department of Social Change and Development at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



"A Refreshing Shower in a Thirsty Land": The Creation of the First FEPC



The Publicity Campaign and the Chicago Precedents



Ruin and Rebirth: The Creation of the Second FEPC



The Chicago Office: The FEPC and Illinois, 1943-45



The Limits of Activism: The FEPC in Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota



The FEPC in the Buckeye State



The FEPC and the Motor City



Stretching the Social Pattern: The FEPC and St. Louis



A "Vicious and Destructive Attack": Congress and the End of the FEPC


Appendixes



Compliance Data from Companies Attending the 19-20 January 1942 Chicago Hearings



Wartime Hate Strike Data


Notes


Bibliography


Index