TY - BOOK AU - Gregory,Raymond F. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Norman Thomas: the great dissenter AV - HX84.T47 G74 2008eb U1 - 335.0092 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Algora Pub. KW - Thomas, Norman, KW - Civil rights movements KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295) and index; The Thomas and Mattoon families -- Working in the slum areas of New York City -- Pacifism and socialism -- Civil liberties in time of war -- Running for elective office -- Running for President -- The Depression years -- The 1932 presidential election and the New Deal -- Arkansas sharecroppers -- The sharecropper problem and the Roosevelt administration -- The decline of the Socialist Party -- Between elections -- Opposing a United States President and a New Jersey mayor -- Fascism, communism and pacifism -- Opposing United States' entry into World War II -- The internment of Japanese-Americans and other wartime civil rights violations -- Taking stock -- The final run for the presidency -- Opposing nuclear testing, supporting disarmament -- Reevaluating socialism -- Confronting racism, the Vietnam War, and injustice -- The great dissenter -- Declining health -- Summing up; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10476665 ER -