Dissent in Wichita
Download or Read eBook Dissent in Wichita PDF written by Gretchen Cassel Eick and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Gretchen Cassel Eick |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0252026837 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780252026836 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Dissent in Wichita by : Gretchen Cassel Eick
Book excerpt: "Through her close study of events in Wichita, Eick reveals the civil rights movement as a national, not a southern, phenomenon. She focuses particularly on Chester I. Lewis, Jr., a key figure in the local as well as the national NAACP. Lewis initiated one of the earliest investigations of de facto school desegregation by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and successfully challenged employment discrimination in the nation's largest aircraft industries."--BOOK JACKET.
