Sharing the Prize
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Civil Rights, Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
| Author: | Gavin Wright | ISBN: | 9780674076495 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | February 25, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gavin Wright |
| ISBN: | 9780674076495 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | February 25, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Southern bus boycotts and lunch counter sit-ins were famous acts of civil disobedience but were also demands for jobs in the very services being denied blacks. Gavin Wright shows that the civil rights struggle was of economic benefit to all parties: the wages of southern blacks increased dramatically but not at the expense of southern whites.
Southern bus boycotts and lunch counter sit-ins were famous acts of civil disobedience but were also demands for jobs in the very services being denied blacks. Gavin Wright shows that the civil rights struggle was of economic benefit to all parties: the wages of southern blacks increased dramatically but not at the expense of southern whites.
