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A Working People
A History of African American Workers Since Emancipation
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2013
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In this book, historian Steven A. Reich examines the economic, political and cultural forces that have beaten and built America’s black workforce since Emancipation. From the abolition of slavery through the Civil Rights Movement and Great Recession, African Americans have faced a unique set of obstacles and prejudices on their way to becoming a productive and indispensable portion of the American workforce. Repeatedly denied access to the opportunities all Americans are to be afforded under the Constitution, African Americans have combined decades of collective action and community mobilization with the trailblazing heroism of a select few to pave their own way to prosperity. This latest installment of the African American HistorySeries challenges the notion that racial prejudices are buried in our nation’s history, and instead provides a narrative connecting the struggles of many generations of African American workers to those felt the present day. Reich provides an unblinking account of what being an African American worker has meant since the 1860s, alluding to ways in which we can and must learn from our past, for the betterment of all workers, however marginalized they may be. A Working People: A History of African American Workers Since Emancipation is as factually astute as it is accessibly written, a tapestry of over 150 years of troubled yet triumphant African-American labor history that we still weave today.
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Copyright Year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-0332-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-0333-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
232
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Chronology No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
Ch01. Emancipation and the Politics of Black Labor No access Pages 7 - 32
Ch02. Jim Crow’s Black Workers No access Pages 33 - 60
Ch03. The Great Black Labor Migration No access Pages 61 - 86
Ch04. A New Deal for Black Workers No access Pages 87 - 114
Ch05. The Black Working-Class Movement for Civil Rights No access Pages 115 - 140
Ch06. Opening the American Workplace No access Pages 141 - 168
