MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008011591
003 DLC
005 20100217080913.0
008 080312s2008 nyu b 001 0beng
010 $a 2008011591
020 $a9780875866215 (trade paper : alk. paper)
020 $a9780875866222 (case laminate : alk. paper)
020 $a9780875866239 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aHX84.T47$bG74 2008
082 00 $a335.0092$aB$222
100 1 $aGregory, Raymond F.,$d1927-
245 10 $aNorman Thomas :$bearly civil rights activist /$cRaymond F. Gregory.
260 $aNew York :$bAlgora Pub.,$c2008.
263 $a0803
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe Thomas and Mattoon families -- Working in the slum areas of New York City -- Pacifism and socialism -- Civil liberties in time of war -- Running for elective office -- Running for President -- The Depression years -- The 1932 presidential election and the New Deal -- Arkansas sharecroppers -- The sharecropper problem and the Roosevelt administration -- The decline of the Socialist Party -- Between elections -- Opposing a U.S. President and a New Jersey mayor -- Fascism, communism and pacifism -- Opposing United States' entry into World War II -- The internment of Japanese-Americans and other wartime civil rights violations -- Taking stock -- The final run for the presidency -- Opposing nuclear testing, supporting disarmament -- Reevaluating socialism -- Confronting racism, the Vietnam War, and injustice -- The great dissenter -- Declining health -- Summing up.
600 10 $aThomas, Norman,$d1884-1968.
650 0 $aCivil rights movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0814/2008011591.html