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McNeil, Genna Rae.

Groundwork : Charles Hamilton Houston and the struggle for civil rights / Genna Rae McNeil. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983. - xxv, 308 pages, [7] pages of plates : portraits ; 24 cm

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago. Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248).

Part 1: Prologue to struggle: the formative years, 1829-1924 -- Part 2: Developing Cadres: the Howard years, 1924-1935 -- Part 3: Struggling on diverse fronts: the national years, 1935-1950.

ISBN: 081227878X 9780812278781 0812211790 9780812211795

LCCN: 82040483

Subjects--Personal Names:
Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950.
Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American lawyers--Biography.
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
Constitutional history--United States.
African American lawyers.
Civil rights workers.
Constitutional history.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Subjects--Index Terms: African American lawyers Biography Civil rights workers Biography United States Constitutional history United States Houston, Charles Hamilton

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.

LC Class. No.: KF373.H644 / M3 1983

Dewey Class. No.: 342.73/0873/0924 B 347.3028730924 B