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Zustand: New. Num Pages: 320 pages, 55. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL; JHBL; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485. . 2003. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

softcover. Zustand: Fine copy. 1st. 8vo, 21 pp.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 320 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Thousands of African Americans poured into northwest Indiana in the 1920s dreaming of decent-paying jobs and a life without Klansmen, chain gangs, and cotton. Black Freedom Fighters in Steel: The Struggle for Democratic Unionism by Ruth Needleman.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is a book about the integration of unions, as well as about five remarkable individuals. It focuses on the decisive role of African American leaders in building interracial unionism. One chapter deals with the African American struggle for representation, highlighting the importance of independent black organization within the union. Needleman also presents a conversation among two pioneering steelworkers and current African American union leaders about the racial politics of union activism.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. Thousands of African Americans poured into northwest Indiana in the 1920s dreaming of decent-paying jobs and a life without Klansmen, chain gangs, and cotton. Black Freedom Fighters in Steel: The Struggle for Democratic Unionism by Ruth Needleman.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Zustand: Bien. 1ª Edición. 194 p. ; 28x21 cms. Bibliography, 600 grs. (BN-6).

Zustand: Minor rubbing. VG. orig.cloth Minor rubbing. VG. 24x15cm, xi,305 pp. "Thousands of African Americans poured into northwest Indiana in the 1920s dreaming of decent-paying jobs and a life without Klansmen, chain gangs, and cotton. This book by Ruth Needleman aims to add a new dimension to the literature on race and labour. It tells the story of five men born in the South who migrated north for a chance to work the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in the steel mills. Individually they fought for equality and justice; collectively they helped construct economic and union democracy in post-war America. George Kimbley, the eldest, grew up in Kentucky across the street from the family who had owned his parents. He fought with a French regiment in World War I and then settled in Gary, Indiana, in 1920 to work in steel. He joined the Steelworkers Organizing Committee and became the first African-American member of its full-time staff in 1938. The youngest, Jonathan Comer, picked cotton on his father's land in Alabama, stood up to racism in the military during World War II and became the first African American to be president of a basic steel local union. This is a book about the integration of unions, as well as about five remarkable individuals. It focuses on the decisive role of African-American leaders in building interracial unionism. One chapter deals with the African-American struggle for representation, highlighting the importance of independent black organization within the union. Needleman also presents a conversation among two pioneering steelworkers and current African American union leaders about the racial politics of.