Erik S Gellman: 1 book
Death Blow to Jim Crow
The National Negro Congress and the Rise of Militant Civil Rights
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
During the Great Depression, black intellectuals, labor organizers, and artists formed the National Negro Congress (NNC) to demand a "second emancipation" in America. Over the next decade, the NNC and its offshoot, the Southern Negro Youth Congress, sought to coordinate and catalyze local...
