Black Workers Remember

Black Workers Remember
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 450
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ISBN-10 : 9780520232051
ISBN-13 : 0520232054
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Black Workers Remember by : Michael K. Honey

Download or read book Black Workers Remember written by Michael K. Honey and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling collection of oral histories of black working-class men and women from Memphis. Covering the 1930s to the 1980s, they tell of struggles to unionize and to combat racism on the shop floor and in society at large. They also reveal the origins of the civil rights movement in the activities of black workers, from the Depression onward.


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