For jobs and freedom : race and labor in America since 1865 /

For jobs and freedom : race and labor in America since 1865 /

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Work has always been central to the African American experience. Whether as slaves or freedmen, African Americans have struggled to gain economic opportunity. For Jobs and Freedom: Race and Labor in America since 1865 analyzes the position of African American workers in the U.S. economy and social o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zieger, Robert H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2007.
©2007
Series:Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1850-1900.
Geschichte 1900-2000.
African Americans > Employment > History.
Discrimination in employment > United States > History.
African American labor union members > United States > History.
Labor unions > United States > History.
Race discrimination > United States > History.
African American labor union members > History.
United States > Race relations > History.
History.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • The first fruits of freedom
  • Into the new century
  • Great war, great migration
  • Race and labor in depression and war
  • Race and labor in the postwar world
  • Affirmative action and labor action
  • Back to the future.

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