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Motown and the making of working-class revolutionaries : the story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers / Jerome Scott and Walda Katz-Fishman.
Van Pelt Library F574.D49 B5367 2025 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Jerome, 1945- Author.
- Katz-Fishman, Walda, author.
- Series:
- Sociology of race and ethnicity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- League of Revolutionary Black Workers.
- League of Revolutionary Black Workers--Biography.
- African Americans--Political activity--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Social conditions--20th century.
- Labor unions and communism--Michigan--Detroit.
- Labor unions and communism.
- Automobile industry and trade--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.
- Automobile industry and trade.
- Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations--Political aspects.
- Detroit (Mich.).
- Detroit (Mich.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries offers a fresh perspective on class, race, and revolution in the United States. Drawing on more than forty hours of interviews with former members of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, Scott and Katz-Fishman share the rich story of the League, including the women and students. That story includes the history of the automotive industry in Detroit, the 1967 Detroit Rebellion, and the wildcat strike that sparked the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM). The authors describe the rise of the League from 1968 to 1971. They explore the centrality of struggle and political education as the League split and a section of League comrades moved into revolutionary organizations and social movement spaces, many of which remain active today. League comrades share their analysis of the current moment and staying the course of revolutionary struggle"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Black Workers and Auto : the Beginning
- From Our Origins to the Split : the League Story
- The Split and Coming to Revolutionary Consciousness
- Lessons and Possibilities in Revolutionary Times.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780820374277
- 082037427X
- 9780820374284
- 0820374288
- OCLC:
- 1511524959
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