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Born Along the Color Line : The 1933 Amenia Conference and the Rise of a National Civil Rights Movement
by Eben Miller
Overview
In August, 1933, dozens of people gathered amid seven large, canvas tents in a field near Amenia, in upstate New York. Joel Spingarn, president of the board of the NAACP, had called a conference to revitalize the flagging civil rights organization. In Amenia, such old lions as the 65 year-old W.E.B. DuBois would mingle with "the coming leaders of Negro thought." It was a fascinating encounter that would transform the civil rights movement.
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- ISBN-13: 9780195174557
- ISBN-10: 0195174550
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publish Date: February 2012
- Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.35 pounds
- Page Count: 368
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