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Title:
Knocking down barriers : my fight for Black America
Author:
Gibson, Truman K. (Truman Kella), 1912-2005.
Publication Information:
Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [2005]

©2005
Physical Description:
xi, 313 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The way we were -- Atlanta, Columbus, and W. E. B. DuBois -- Black Metropolis -- A raisin in the sun -- The black world's fair -- Joe Louis: Chicago -- On to the War Department -- The war at home -- Negro troop policy -- A demand for combat -- The Negro soldier -- Buffalo soldiers -- The Ninety-second vindicated -- At last! -- More of the same -- A presidential order -- Joe Louis, war, and boxing -- Boxing promoter -- Mob allegations -- Remembrances.
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ISBN:
9780810122925
Format :
Book