A. Philip Randolph and the Struggle for Civil Rights


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A. Philip Randolph's career as a trade unionist and civil rights activist shaped the course of black protest in the mid-20th century. This book shows that Randolph's push for African American equality took place within a broader progressive program of industrial reform.




First Report


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"Report of the Committee on Fair Employment Practice, covering its operations pursuant to Executive Order 9346 for the period beginning July 1, 1943, and ending December 31, 1944"--Page vii.




Race, Jobs, and the War


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In this examination of the FEPC's work, focusing on the pivotal Midwest, Andrew Edmund Kersten shows how this tiny government agency influenced the course of civil rights reform and moved the United States closer to a national fair employment policy.".




Fair Employment Practices Act


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Fair Employment Practice Act


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Final Report


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To Advance Their Opportunities


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This narrative synthesizes the fifty-year story of the struggle to make the federal government more responsive to the plight of African American workers and the efforts to make the nation's workplaces significantly more fair and just towards this long-oppressed population. Useful to scholars but accessible to all, To Advance Their Opportunities is an engaging portrait of the role of government in seeking to realize the goal of a color-blind society of equals. Book jacket.