Separate and unequal
Subtitle: Black Americans and the US federal government
By: Desmond King.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: African Americans in the civil service; African Americans -- Segregation; United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans; United States -- Race relations
Description: Using extensive and original archival sources, Desmond King demonstrates in vivid detail how the American Federal government affected its Black employees for half a century. He documents how instead of thwarting segregated race relations, the Federal government participated in their maintenance and diffusion. This, the book's first major theme, is explored through detailed examination of Federal government departments and programs.

The book's second major theme is that segregated race relations resulted in intense inequality for Black Americans.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-329) and index.