Working people : a history of African American workers since emancipation / Steven A. Reich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reich, Steven A. (Steven Andrew), 1965-

Series:

African American history series (Lanham, Md.)

The African American history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class African Americans--History.

Working class African Americans.

African Americans--Employment--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--History.

Labor--United States--History.

Labor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In A Working People, historian Steven A. Reich examines the economic, political and cultural forces that have built and broken America's black workforce for centuries. From the abolition of slavery through the Civil Rights Movement and Great Recession, African Americans have been singularly disadvantaged members of the workforce, repeatedly denied access to the opportunities all Americans are to be afforded under the Constitution.

Contents:

Emancipation and the politics of Black labor

Jim Crow's Black workers

The great Black labor migration

A new deal for Black workers

The Black working-class movement for civil rights

Opening the American workplace.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-21869-2

1-4422-4861-0

1-4422-0333-1

OCLC:

858652815