Quest for Equality: The Failed Promise of Black-Brown Solidarity

(Part of the The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures Series)

by Neil Foley

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As the United States championed principles of freedom and equality during World War II, it denied fundamental rights to many non-white citizens. In the wake of President Franklin Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor" policy with Latin America, African American and Mexican American civil rights leaders sought ways to make that policy of respect and mutual obligations apply at home as well as abroad. They argued that a whites-only democracy not only denied...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674050231

ISBN13:9780674050235

Release Date:May 2010

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Related Subjects

20th Century African-American Studies Civil Rights & Liberties Discrimination & Racism Hispanic American Studies Historical Study & Educational Resources History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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