{"product_id":"the-cincinnati-human-relations-commission-phillip-j-obermiller-9780821422991","title":"The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission: A History, 1943-2013","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1943, as World War II raged overseas, the United States also faced internal strife. Earlier that year, Detroit had erupted in a series of race riots that killed dozens and destroyed entire neighborhoods. Across the country, mayors and city councils sought to defuse racial tensions and promote nonviolent solutions to social and economic injustices. In Cincinnati, the result of those efforts was the Mayor's Friendly Relations Committee, later renamed the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission (CHRC).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Human Relations Commission: A History, 1943-2013, \u003c\/i\u003e is a decade-by-decade chronicle of the agency: its accomplishments, challenges, and failures. The purpose of municipal human relations agencies like the CHRC was to give minority groups access to local government through internal advocacy, education, mediation, and persuasion-in clear contrast to the tactics of lawsuits, sit-ins, boycotts, and marches adopted by many external, nongovernmental organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn compiling this history, Phillip J. Obermiller and Thomas E. Wagner have drawn on an extensive base of archival records, reports, speeches, and media sources. In addition, archival and contemporary interviews provide first-person insight into the events and personalities that shaped the agency and the history of civil rights in this midwestern city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phillip J. Obermiller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821422995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821422991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Phillip J. Obermiller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44128568279295,"sku":"9780821422991","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b3f1937-1423-4be1-9139-1bc1315ef335.jpg?v=1687459327","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cincinnati-human-relations-commission-phillip-j-obermiller-9780821422991","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}