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245 10 a| Department stores and the black freedom movementh| [electronic resource] :b| workers, consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s /c| Traci Parker.;

260 a| Chapel Hill :b| The University of North Carolina Press,c| [2019];

300 a| xiii, 313 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm.;

490 1 a| The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-300) and index.;

505 0 a| Race and class identities in early American department stores -- Before Montgomery : organizing the department store movement -- To all store and office workers, Negro and white! : unionism and anti-discrimination in the department store industry -- The department store movement in the postwar era -- Worker-consumer alliances and the modern black middle class, 1951-1970 -- Toward Wal-Mart : the death of the department store movement.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Traci Parker examines the movement to racially integrate white-collar work and consumption in American department stores and its neglected role in the mid-twentieth century black freedom movement. Built on the goals, organization, and momentum of the 1930's 'Don't Buy Where You Can't Work' Movement, the department store movement recruited the power of store workers and labor unions, held behind-the-scene meetings with store officials in the postwar era, executed successful lunch counter sit-ins and selective patronage programs in the 1950s and 1960s, and challenged race discrimination in the courts in the 1970s. However, with the conclusion of the Sears, Roebuck, and Co. affirmative action cases, the movement effectively ended in 1981"--c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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650 0 a| Department storesz| United Statesx| Historyy| 20th century.;

650 0 a| African American white collar workersx| Historyy| 20th century.;

650 0 a| African American consumersx| Political activityx| Historyy| 20th century.;

650 0 a| Middle class African Americansx| Historyy| 20th century.;

655 0 a| Electronic books.;

830 0 a| John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.;

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Department stores and the black freedom movement workers, consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s / Traci Parker.

Author/creator	Parker, Traci
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Description	xiii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford UNC Press Titles
Subjects	African Americans--Civil rights. --History. --20th century. Department stores--United States. --History. --20th century. African American white collar workers--History. --20th century. African American consumers--Political activity. --History. --20th century. Middle class African Americans--History. --20th century.

Series	The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Contents	Race and class identities in early American department stores -- Before Montgomery : organizing the department store movement -- To all store and office workers, Negro and white! : unionism and anti-discrimination in the department store industry -- The department store movement in the postwar era -- Worker-consumer alliances and the modern black middle class, 1951-1970 -- Toward Wal-Mart : the death of the department store movement.
Abstract	"Traci Parker examines the movement to racially integrate white-collar work and consumption in American department stores and its neglected role in the mid-twentieth century black freedom movement. Built on the goals, organization, and momentum of the 1930's 'Don't Buy Where You Can't Work' Movement, the department store movement recruited the power of store workers and labor unions, held behind-the-scene meetings with store officials in the postwar era, executed successful lunch counter sit-ins and selective patronage programs in the 1950s and 1960s, and challenged race discrimination in the courts in the 1970s. However, with the conclusion of the Sears, Roebuck, and Co. affirmative action cases, the movement effectively ended in 1981"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-300) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2018031171
ISBN	9781469648668 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781469648675 (pbk : alk. paper)

Department stores and the black freedom movement workers, consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s / Traci Parker.

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