Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981

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In this classic account, historian Philip Foner traces the radical history of Black workers’ contribution to the American labor movement. Contents 1. From Slavery to Freedom 2. The Reconstruction Period 3. The Colored National Labor Union 4. The Knights of Labor and the Black Worker 5. The AF ofL and the Black Worker, 1881-1915 6. The AF of L and the Black Worker, 1881-1915 (Cont 7. The Railroad Brotherhoods and the IWW, 1890-1915 8. The Black Worker on the Eve of World War I 9. The Rise of the Black Industrial Working Class, 1915-18 10. The AF of Land the Black Worker During World War I 11. Postwar Black Militancy 12. The AF ofL and the Black Worker, 1921-29 13. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 14. Black Workers During the Great Depression 15. The AF of Land the Black Worker, 1934-35 16. The CIO and the Black Worker, 1935-39 17. World War II 18. The Economic Status of the Black Worker, 1945-55 19. The Cold War Witch Hunts and the Black Worker 20. The National Negro Labor Council, 1951-5 5 21. The AFL-CIO and the Black Worker: The First Five Years 22. The Negro-Labor Alliance, 1960-65 23. The Negro-Labor Alliance, 1965-68 24. Memphis and Charleston: Triumph of the Negro-Labor Alliance 25. Black Power in the Unions 26. The Black Worker, 1970-1981 Notes Selected Bibliography Index