Separate and unequal
Subtitle: African Americans and the US federal government
By: Desmond King.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780195336221
Subjects: African Americans in the civil service; African Americans -- Segregation; United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans; United States -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-345) and index.
Table of contents: title: The politics of segregation in post-reconstruction America; title: Joining the government : because I dared to be black; title: Working in a federal agency : social ostracism and discrimination; title: A great shadow over our 'civil rights' : fighting for the government; title: Serving time with the government : federal penitentiaries; title: The federal government in a segregated society : public employment exchanges and housing programmes.