From Black Power to Prison Power : the Making of Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union.

This book uses the landmark case Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union to examine the strategies of prison inmates using race and radicalism to inspire the formation of an inmate labor union.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tibbs, Donald F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Subjects:
Prisoners > Political activity > North Carolina.
Convict labor > North Carolina.
Prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Prisonniers > Activité politique > Caroline du Nord.
History of the Americas > USA.
Prisons > USA.
Civil rights & citizenship > USA.
Legal history > USA.
History.
Convict labor
Prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc.
Prisoners > Political activity
North Carolina
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Foundations; 1 At the Q; 2 Negroes with Guns; 3 The Trial of Huey P. Newton; Part II Formations; 4 Souls on Ice; 5 A Crisis Erupts; 6 From a Spark to a Raging Fire; Part III Litigations; 7 Coalitions; 8 We Have a Union!; 9 Won and Appealed; 10 Anatomy of a Decision; E pilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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