{"product_id":"winning-the-war-for-democracy-david-lucander-9780252038624","title":"Winning the War for Democracy: The March on Washington Movement, 1941-1946","description":"Scholars regard the March on Washington Movement (MOWM) as a forerunner of the postwar Civil Rights movement. Led by the charismatic A. Philip Randolph, MOWM scored an early victory when it forced the Roosevelt administration to issue a landmark executive order that prohibited defense contractors from practicing racial discrimination. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinning the War for Democracy: The March on Washington Movement, 1941-1946\u003c\/i\u003e recalls that triumph, but also looks beyond Randolph and the MOWM's national leadership to focus on the organization's evolution and actions at the local level. Using the personal papers of previously unheralded MOWM members such as T.D. McNeal, internal government documents from the Roosevelt administration, and other primary sources, David Lucander highlights how local affiliates fighting for a double victory against fascism and racism helped the national MOWM accrue the political capital it needed to effect change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucander details the efforts of grassroots organizers to implement MOWM's program of empowering African Americans via meetings and marches at defense plants and government buildings and, in particular, focuses on the contributions of women activists like Layle Lane, E. Pauline Myers, and Anna Arnold Hedgeman. Throughout he shows how local activities often diverged from policies laid out at MOWM's national office, and how grassroots participants on both sides ignored the rivalry between Randolph and the leadership of the NAACP to align with one another on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Lucander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252038622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252038624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.10d","brand":"David Lucander","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46738973720831,"sku":"9780252038624","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_31e2a525-f5c5-453f-b7b3-d05495ddc745.jpg?v=1743276828","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/winning-the-war-for-democracy-david-lucander-9780252038624","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}