| The Ticket to Freedom: The NAACP and the Struggle for Black Political Integration Contributor(s): Berg, Manfred (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813028329 ISBN-13: 9780813028323 Publisher: University Press of Florida OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: The first full-scale political history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, tracing its struggle for black civil and political equality from its founding in 1909 through the post-civil rights years. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Political Science | Civil Rights |
| Dewey: 323.119 |
| LCCN: 2005042246 |
| Series: New Perspectives on the History of the South (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.42" W x 9.42" (1.51 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the United States' largest and oldest civil rights organization. After many years of neglect and faultfinding by contemporary activists, historians, and the media, Manfred Berg restores the NAACP to its rightful place at the heart of the civil rights movement. Berg reveals the group's eminently political character as he assesses both its historical achievements and its failures. He suggests that while the NAACP did make significant gains in furthering the progress of America's black citizens at the grassroots level, its national agenda should not be discounted. Berg challenges criticisms of recent years that the NAACP's goals and methods were half-hearted, ineffective, and irrelevant and reveals a resourceful, dynamic, and politically astute organization that has done much to open up the electoral process to greater black participation. |
