Black Firefighters and the FDNY : The Struggle for Jobs, Justice, and Equity in New York City /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldberg, David A., 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
New York (N.Y.). > Fire Department. > Vulcan Society.
New York (N.Y.). > Fire Department.
New York (N.Y.). > Fire Department. > Vulcan Society > History > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.). > Fire Department > History > 20th century.
Fire departments.
African Americans > Civil rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Services des incendies > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Pompiers noirs americains > Travail > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Fire departments > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
African American fire fighters > Employment > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
New York (State) > New York.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The early origins of ethnic insularity and racial exclusion in the New York City Fire Department
  • The bravest of the brave : New York's first generation of black firefighters, 1898-1934
  • Fighting a good fight : the formation of the Vulcan Society, 1932-1945
  • Postwar civic and civil rights unionism : the Vulcan Society's golden age, 1946-1963
  • A black face in a high place, fire commissioner Robert O. Lowery : reform, retrenchment, and the limitations of racial liberalism
  • From black power to class action : the International Association of Black Professional Firefighters and the rise of fire department discrimination litigation
  • The last bastion of white male privilege : race, gender, and the FDNY, 1977-1999
  • Free at last? Black firefighters and the FDNY in the twenty-first century.

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