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001			ocn900344564
003			OCoLC
005			20240726104926.0
008			150117s1994 kyu ob 001 0 eng d
040			_aEBLCP _beng _epn _erda _cEBLCP _dNT _dOCLCQ _dNT _dE7B _dOCLCF _dJSTOR _dKUK _dP@U
020			_a9780813158167 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aBV1190 _b.L544 1994
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aMjagkij, Nina, _d1961- _e1
245	1	0	_aLight in the darkness _bAfrican Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946 / _cNina Mjagkij.
260			_aLexington : _bThe University Press of Kentucky, _c(c)1994.
300			_a1 online resource (220 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
504			_a2
520	0		_aFrom the time of its emergence in the United States in 1852, the Young Men's Christian Association excluded blacks from membership in white branches but encouraged them to form their own associations and to join the Christian brotherhood on ""separate but equal"" terms. Nina Mjagkij's book, the first comprehensive study of African Americans in the YMCA, is a compelling account of hope and success in the face of adversity. African American men, faced with emasculation through lynchings, disenfranchisement, race riots, and Jim Crow laws, hoped that separate YMCAs would provide the opportunity to.
530			_a2 _ub
610	2	0	_aYMCA of the USA.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xSegregation.
650		0	_aRace relations _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
650		4	_aAfrican Americans _xSegregation.
650		4	_aRace relations _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
650		4	_aYMCA of the USA.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=938314&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell