An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy

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An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy is a landmark 1944 sociological study by Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal that examined racial segregation and discrimination in the United States and profoundly influenced postwar civil rights debates and Supreme Court decisions.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
sociological study ⓘ
argues racial discrimination contradicts the American Creed of equality and liberty ⓘ
white Americans experience moral conflict between ideals and racial practices ⓘ
author Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ
awarded Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
centralConcept American Creed ⓘ
linked to: The American Creed
centralTheme tension between American democratic ideals and racial inequality ⓘ
commissionedBy Carnegie Corporation of New York ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
focusesOn economic conditions of African Americans ⓘ
legal framework of Jim Crow laws ⓘ
political disenfranchisement of African Americans ⓘ
social customs of segregation ⓘ
genre American studies ⓘ
political science ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
historicalContext Jim Crow era in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws

World War II ⓘ
impact provided empirical evidence against segregation ⓘ
shaped academic discourse on race in the United States ⓘ
used as reference in legal briefs in civil rights cases ⓘ
includes comparative analysis of race relations ⓘ
influenced Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
U.S. Supreme Court civil rights jurisprudence ⓘ
postwar civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy New Deal era social science ⓘ
language English ⓘ
methodology empirical social research ⓘ
interviews ⓘ
statistical analysis ⓘ
notableFor comprehensive documentation of conditions of African Americans ⓘ
integration of normative and empirical analysis of race ⓘ
pages over 1,400 ⓘ
publicationPlace New York City ⓘ
publicationYear 1944 ⓘ
publisher Harper & Brothers ⓘ
relatedWork The American Negro Problem (Carnegie-Myrdal study materials) ⓘ
subject African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

American democracy ⓘ
civil rights in the United States ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
racial discrimination in the United States ⓘ
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
timePeriodCovered early 20th century United States ⓘ

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Gunnar Myrdal → notableWork → An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy ⓘ
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy → relatedWork → The American Negro Problem (Carnegie-Myrdal study materials) ⓘ
linked to: An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy
Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations → relatedWork → An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy ⓘ