Black unionism in the industrial South /

"Black Unionism in the Industrial South presents the struggles of black workers who fought for equality and unionization in the heyday of Gulf Coast industry. Ernest Obadele-Starks examines the workers' responses to racial and class domination and their creative strategies to reach their g...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Obadele-Starks, Ernest, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station, Tex. : Texas A & M University Press, ©2000.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Texas A & M southwestern studies ; no. 11.
Subjects:
1900-1999
African American labor union members > History > 20th century.
Race discrimination > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Equality > Southern States.
Syndiqués noirs américains > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Discrimination raciale > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
African American labor union members.
Economic history.
Equality.
Race discrimination.
Diskriminierung
Gewerkschaft
Southern States > Economic conditions.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions économiques.
Southern States.
USA > Südstaaten
Schwärze
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. "A Serious Menace to the White Union Men": The World of the Black Unionist
  • Ch. 2. "Fifty-Fifty": Black Longshoremen and the Racial Paradox
  • Ch. 3. "Build ... One of Our Own": Railroad Workers Broaden the Struggle
  • Ch. 4. Oil Workers and the Fight for Mobility
  • Ch. 5. "Free of Company Domination": Steelworkers Look Inward
  • Ch. 6. War, Violence, and Shipbuilding
  • Ch. 7. Black Unionism and the FEPC.

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