American Dream deferred : black federal workers in Washington, DC, 1941-1981

Introduction: Painting the picture of black federal workers -- "Boy! Look at all these government girls!" : black opportunity in the nation's capital, 1941-1945 -- "Study long, study wrong" : achievements and limits of commissions studying discrimination in the federal workforce, 1945-1947 -- "This is not working" : white resistance to black persistence, 1948-1959 -- "Rats! Discriminated again" : Julius Hobson and the rising civil rights movement, 1960-1969 -- "I was hurting" : blacks in government on the mend, 1970-1981 -- Epilogue: A moving picture of black workers, 1980-1981