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Contents
List of Figures xii
List of Abbreviations xiii
PART I: THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT
1. The Politics of Segregation in Post-Reconstruction America 3
PART II: SEGREGATION IN THE US FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
2. Joining the Government: 'Because I Dared to be Black' 39
3. Working in a Federal Agency: Social Ostracism and
Discrimination 		72
PART III: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
SEGREGATION BEYOND WASHINGTON
4. 'A Great Shadow over our "Civil Rights"': Fighting for the
Government 		111
5. Serving Time with the Government: Federal Penitentiaries 142
6. The Federal Government in a Segregated Society: Public
Employment Exchanges and Housing Programmes 		172
PART IV: THE LEGACIES OF SEGREGATED RACE
RELATIONS
7. Conclusion 205
Appendix 1. The Politics of Segregation in the United States 211
Appendix 2. Segregation in Government 220
Appendix 3. Statistical Profile of Black American Employees
in the Federal Government 		227
Appendix 4. Strikes settled by the FEPC 1943-1944 243
Appendix 5. Major Civil Rights Laws 1957-1991 244
Notes to Chapters 245
Bibliography 315
Index 331

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Publication Information: Book Title: Separate and Unequal: Black Americans and the US Federal Government. Contributors: Desmond King - author. Publisher: Clarendon Press. Place of Publication: Oxford. Publication Year: 1997. Page Number: xi.
    
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