Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era

by Patricia Sullivan

Book Overview

In the 1930s and 1940s, a loose alliance of blacks and whites, individuals and organizations, came together to offer a radical alternative to southern conservative politics. In Days of Hope, Patricia Sullivan traces the rise and fall of this movement. Using oral interviews with participants in this movement as well as documentary sources, she demonstrates that the New Deal era inspired a coalition of liberals, black activists, labor organizers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807845647
• ISBN13: 9780807845646
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Interesting and authoritative

Dr. Sullivan presents a fascinating account of an important--but often overlooked--era in the American Civil Rights movement. Days of Hope is an authoritative account of the roots of the civil rights struggle. The book is interesting, comprehensive, and impeccably sourced and researched. A must for any student of the movement.