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Eyes off the Prize: The United Nations and the African American Struggle for Human Rights, 1944-1955 (1st Edition) by Carol Elaine Anderson Paperback, 318 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-521-53158-6 / 0521531586 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-53158-0 / 9780521531580 As World War II drew to a close and the world awakened to the horrors wrought by white supremacists in Nazi Germany, the NAACP and African-American leaders sensed an opportunity to launch an offensive against the conditions of segregation and inequality in the United States. The "prize" they sought |