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In August, 1933, dozens of people gathered amid seven large, canvas tents in a field near Amenia, in upstate New York. Joel Spingarn, president of the board of the NAACP, had called a conference to revitalize the flagging civil rights organization. In Amenia, such old lions as the 65 year-old W.E.B. DuBois would mingle with ""the coming leaders of Negro thought."" It was a fascinating encounter that would transform the civil rights movement. With elegant writing and piercing insight, historian Eben Miller narrates how this little-known conference brought together a remarkable young group of Af

Civil rights movements --- African Americans --- History --- Civil rights --- Economic conditions --- Redding, Louis L. --- Harris, Abram Lincoln, --- Jackson, Juanita C. --- Weston, M. Moran, --- Bunche, Ralph J. --- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People --- Amenia Conference