In Their Own Interests: Race, Class and Power in Twentieth-Century Norfolk, Virginia
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Since the Civil War, African Americans have made great efforts to empower themselves. Focusing on Norfolk, Virginia, Earl Lewis shows how blacks have had to balance competing inclinations for conscious inaction and purposeful agitation as they sought to promote their own interests at home and in the workplace.
In Their Own Interests presents a cross-section of southern urban blacks--the power-brokers and lesser-knowns, Garvey followers...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520084446
ISBN13:9780520084445
Release Date:October 1993
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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African-American & Black African-American Studies Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Discrimination & Racism Ethnic & National History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics State & LocalCustomer Reviews
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