{"product_id":"the-papers-of-clarence-mitchell-jr-volume-iv-director-of-the-naacp-washington-bureau-1951-1954-hardback-9780821419359","title":"The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume IV; Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau, 1951–1954 (Hardback) 9780821419359","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume IV\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDirector of the NAACP Washington Bureau, 1951–1954\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClarence Mitchell Jr. (Author), Denton L. Watson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780821419359\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e768 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 6 cm, 1.232 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Papers of Clarence Mitchell, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e is a primary source and analytical goldmine for scholars of civil rights and labor struggles in the twentieth-century United States… . Well organized, engagingly written, and edited with cogent commentary, these two volumes (III \u0026amp; IV) take us inside Mitchell's activist office and let us hear his own words.\" (The Journal of Southern History)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume IV of The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr. covers 1951, the year America entered the Korean War, through 1954, when the NAACP won its \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e case, in which the Supreme Court declared that segregation was discrimination and thus unconstitutional. The decision enabled Mitchell to implement the legislative program that President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights outlined in its landmark 1947 report, \u003ci\u003eTo Secure These Rights\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e The papers show how Mitchell persuaded President Truman to extend further the Fair Employment Practices Commission idea by issuing an executive order to enforce the nondiscrimination clause in government contracts with private industry; President Eisenhower further revised and strengthened this order. Mitchell expanded President Eisenhower's commitment to ending discrimination in federal funding by leading the struggle to get Congress to enact laws barring such practices in aid to education and all similar programs. Mitchell ultimately won the support of both presidents in ending segregation in many government-supported facilities and throughout the armed services.\u003cbr\u003e He expanded President Eisenhower's commitment to ending discrimination in federal funding by leading the struggle to get Congress to enact laws barring such practices in aid to education and all similar programs.\u003cbr\u003e Volumes III and IV are an invaluable reference in tracing the NAACP's multifaceted struggle under Mitchell's leadership for passage of the civil rights laws.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Ohio University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574505664792,"sku":"9780821419359","price":50.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-papers-of-clarence-mitchell-jr-volume-iv-director-of-the-naacp-washington-bureau-1951-1954-hardback-9780821419359","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}