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To Advance their Opportunities: Federal Policies Toward African American Workers from World War I to the Civil Right Act of 1964
Book Description:
To Advance Their Opportunities chronicles the development of federal policies and programs impacting African American workers, examining the fascinating and rarely seen workings of federal bureaucracies as they attempted to rein in racism in the nation’s federally funded workplaces. The book traces the hard-won gains made by African American workers and the crucial role of the civil rights movement and its supporters in urging the federal government to action. This scholarly and timely work also brings to light the little known story of the birth of affirmative action.
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Contents
Foreword vii
Preface 2014 xv
Preface 2008 xvii
PART I. Crisis-Driven Federal Action from World War I
through the Great Depression, 1914-1940
Chapter 1. World War I and After 3
Chapter 2. Depression and New Deal 43
PART II. Institutionalization of Executive Action, 1940-1960
Chapter 3. World War II and the FEPC 85
Chapter 4. Truman Administration, 1945-1952 105
Chapter 5. Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1960 129
PART III. Culmination of Executive Action, 1960-1964
Chapter 6. Birth of the President’s Committee on Equal
Employment Opportunity 157
Chapter 7. The Committee Gets Underway 181
Chapter 8. The Kheel Report and Beyond 199
Chapter 9. The Department of Labor in the Kennedy-Johnson Era 217
Epilogue 237
Notes 241
Bibliography 281