Manfred Berg is Curt Englehorn Professor of American History at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
"[Berg] directs this work to scholars and general readers in an
effort to correct what he views as the underrating of the
contributions of the NAACP to American racial equality. . . . Berg
details the growth of the NAACP, its successes and failures, and
the major figures who helped advance the NAACP, including W. E. B.
Dubois, Thurgood Marshall, Moorfield Storey, Walter White, and
Oswald Garrison Villard."
"A clear and thought-provoking assessment of the organization's
accomplishments during its first sixty years."
"An outstanding analysis of both the NAACP and the ongoing struggle
for the right to vote."
"Outstanding. . . . Great history and a great story."
"The NAACP is regarded as an old-fashioned, conservative, and even
'Uncle Tom' organization by some. . . . [Berg] argues that the
association's often conservative aims have to be seen in the
context of particular moments in time and the nature of the
leadership itself."
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