Black workers' struggle for equality in Birmingham / edited by Horace Huntley and David Montgomery ; afterword by Odessa Woolfolk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huntley, Horace, 1942-

Montgomery, David, 1927-2011.

Series:

Working class in American history

The working class in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American labor union members--Alabama--Birmingham--Interviews.

African American labor union members.

African Americans--Employment--Alabama--Birmingham--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham--History.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

African Americans--Employment.

Alabama--Birmingham.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

x, 244 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2004]

Summary:

This long-awaited volume is the first set of annotated oral interviews from the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement to be undertaken by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Interviewees recount their struggles against discrimination both in and outside of the workplace, showing how collective action, whether through unions, the Movement, or networks of workplace activists, sought to gain access to better jobs, municipal services, housing, and less restrictive voter registration. This is a powerful work that reconsiders the links of the labor movement to the struggle for civil rights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0252029526

OCLC:

54913711