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"A Mean City": The NAACP and the Black Freedom Struggle in Baltimore, 1935-1975

Gass, Thomas Anthony
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1388690697

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, History.
“A Mean City”: The NAACP and the Black Freedom Struggle in Baltimore, 1935-1975” This dissertation traces the history and activities of the Baltimore branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from its revitalization during the Great Depression to the end of the Black Power Movement. It examines the NAACP’s efforts to eliminate racial discrimination and segregation in a city and state that was “neither North nor South”. Under the long-time leadership of Lillie Jackson, the branch grew into one of the largest and most successful branches of the Association. During her presidency, the branch facilitated the growth of the freedom struggle beyond Baltimore into other areas of Maryland, and its organizing efforts served as models by the national NAACP for freedom struggles in other areas of the South. In doing so, its ideas, tactics, strategies, and methods influenced the growth of the national civil rights movement.
Hasan Jeffries (Advisor)
461 p.
African American Studies; African Americans; American Studies; History

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  • Gass, T. A. (2014). "A Mean City": The NAACP and the Black Freedom Struggle in Baltimore, 1935-1975 [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1388690697

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gass, Thomas. "A Mean City": The NAACP and the Black Freedom Struggle in Baltimore, 1935-1975. 2014. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1388690697.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gass, Thomas. ""A Mean City": The NAACP and the Black Freedom Struggle in Baltimore, 1935-1975." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1388690697

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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