Civil rights unionism : tobacco workers and the struggle for democracy in the mid-twentieth-century South /

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Drawing on interviews with black and white tobacco workers in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Korstad explores their confrontations against racial capitalism that consigned African Americans to the basest jobs in the industry, perpetuated low wages for all southerners and shored up white supremacy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Korstad, Robert Rodgers (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2003]
Temas:
Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America > History > 20th century.
Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America
1900-1999
Tobacco workers > Labor unions > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Travailleurs du tabac > Syndicats > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Civil rights movements
Tobacco workers > Labor unions
Southern States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Those Who Were Not Afraid
  • Industrial and Political Revolutions
  • Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Country Small Town Grown Big Town Rich, and Poor
  • R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company: A Moneymaking Place
  • Social Learning
  • Talking Union
  • A Dream Come True
  • Like Being Reconstructed
  • In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
  • There Was Nothing in the City That Didn't Concern the Tobacco Union
  • It Wasn't Just Wages We Wanted, but Freedom
  • Fighting the Fire
  • Jim Crow Must Go
  • If You Beat the White Man at One Trick, He Will Try Another
  • Trust the Bridge That Carried Us Over.

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