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Book SynopsisLayle Lane was an educator, a social activist, and a political leader. She was a key organizer of the first march on Washington, D.C., which led to the creation of the Fair Employment Practices Act and Commission after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's executive order in 1941. Lane also played a major role in the March on Washington Movement, headed by A. Philip Randolph. In 1948, Lane encouraged President Harry Truman to desegregate the American military through her involvement in the movement. After taking on Washington, D.C., Lane ran for political office in New York City where she played a major role in the city's social changes. During the 1950s, she ran a camp for inner city boys in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to expose them to a way of life different from the city streets. It is on this property that a street presently runs through called Layle Lanethe first street named after an African American woman in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. La Citadelle chronicles the life of a real A
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Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Reconstruction Chapter 2: Childhood Chapter 3: From Howard to New York Chapter 4: Calvin Lane Chapter 5: Dunbar Chapter 6: La Citadelle Chapter 7: Co-op Chapter 8: Days of Triumph Chapter 9: Companeros(as) Chapter 10: The Heart Is the Teacher Chapter 11: Layle Bibliography Index
