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Richard L. Davis and the color line in Ohio coal : a Hocking Valley Mine labor organizer, 1862-1900 / Frans H. Doppen.
Lippincott Library HD6509.D39 D67 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doppen, Frans H., 1957- author.
- Series:
- Contributions to southern Appalachian studies ; 41.
- Contributions to southern Appalachian studies ; 41
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Davis, Richard L. (Richard Lorenzo), 1862-1900.
- Davis, Richard L.
- United Mine Workers of America--History.
- United Mine Workers of America.
- African American labor leaders--Biography.
- African American labor leaders.
- Coal miners--Labor unions--Organizing--Ohio--History.
- Coal miners.
- Coal miners--Labor unions--Organizing.
- History.
- Ohio.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 184 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Summary:
- "Richard Davis wrote the first of many letters to the National Labor Tribune. One of the few African Americans at the founding convention of United Mine Workers of America in 1890, he served as one of the union's National Executive Board members. This biography provides a detailed portrait of one of America's more influential labor leaders"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Richard L. Davis
- Rendville
- The Great Hocking Valley Strike
- A year to remember
- The road to prominence
- A year of transition
- National recognition
- A private in the ranks
- A life of devotion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476667393
- 147666739X
- OCLC:
- 951509732
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