The Color of work : the struggle for civil rights in the Southern paper industry, 1945-1980 / Timothy J. Minchin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minchin, Timothy J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in employment--Southern States--History--20th century.

Discrimination in employment.

Paper industry workers--Southern States--History--20th century.

Paper industry workers.

Race discrimination--Southern States--History--20th century.

Race discrimination.

African American labor union members--Southern States--History--20th century.

African American labor union members.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Histories of the civil rights movement have generally overlooked the battle to integrate the South's major industries. The paper industry, which has played an important role in the southern economy since the 1930's, has been particularly neglected. Using previously untapped legal records and oral history interviews, Timothy Minchin provides the first in-depth account of the struggle to integrate southern paper mills. Minchin describes how jobs in the southern paper industry were strictly segregated prior to the 1960's, with black workers confined to low-paying, menial positions. All work

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations and Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 7; CHAPTER 8; CHAPTER 9; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-265) and index.

ISBN:

9798890872494

9780807875483

0807875481

OCLC:

559200939