Black and Blue : African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party /

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"In the 1930s, fewer than one in one hundred U.S. labor union members were African American. By 1980, the figure was more than one in five. Black and Blue explores the politics and history that led to this dramatic integration of organized labor. In the process, the book tells a broader story a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frymer, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Democratic Party > USA
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Democratic Party (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Arbeitspolitik
Gewerkschaft
Race relations.
Labor unions.
Labor policy.
African Americans > Civil rights.
LAW > Labor & Employment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Noirs americains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Travail > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Labor unions > United States > History > 20th century.
Labor policy > United States > History > 20th century.
USA.
Schwarze.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The dual development of national labor policy
  • The NAACP confronts racism in the labor movement, 1935-1964
  • The legal state and the power of the purse
  • Labor law and institutional racism
  • Conclusion : Law and democracy.

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