Black firefighters and the FDNY : the struggle for jobs, justice, and equity in New York City / David Goldberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldberg, David A., 1972- author.

Series:

Justice, power, and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New York (N.Y.). Fire Department--History--20th century.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.). Fire Department. Vulcan Society--History--20th century.

New York (N.Y.). Fire Department. Vulcan Society.

New York (N.Y.). Fire Department.

African American fire fighters--Employment--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

African American fire fighters.

African Americans--Civil rights--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Fire departments--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Fire departments.

History.

African Americans--Civil rights.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

x, 409 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]

Contents:

The early origins of ethnic insularity and racial exclusion in the New York City Fire Department

The bravest of the brave : New York's first generation of black firefighters, 1898-1934

Fighting a good fight : the formation of the Vulcan Society, 1932-1945

Postwar civic and civil rights unionism : the Vulcan Society's golden age, 1946-1963

A black face in a high place, fire commissioner Robert O. Lowery : reform, retrenchment, and the limitations of racial liberalism

From black power to class action : the International Association of Black Professional Firefighters and the rise of fire department discrimination litigation

The last bastion of white male privilege : race, gender, and the FDNY, 1977-1999

Free at last? Black firefighters and the FDNY in the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469633626

1469633620

OCLC:

975933516