Racism in the nation's service government workers and the color line in Woodrow Wilson's America /

Yellin, Eric Steven, 1978-

Racism in the nation's service government workers and the color line in Woodrow Wilson's America / Eric S. Yellin. - Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xi, 301 pages) illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

No south to us: African American federal employees in republican Washington -- The spoils: politics and black mobility -- The sensibilities of the people: black politics in crisis -- A new racial regime, 1913-1917 -- Democratic fair play: the Wilson administration in republican Washington -- Wilsonian praxis: racial discrimination in a progressive administration -- Resistance and friction: challenging and justifying Wilsonian praxis -- Republicans in the new regime, 1918-1929 -- Creating normalcy: Washington after Wilson.



9781469607214


Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.


African Americans in the civil service--History--20th century.
African Americans--Segregation.


Electronic Books.

JK723 / .R335 2013