Black Freedom Fighters in Steel: The Struggle for Democratic Unionism
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Book
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Category
Publication Year
2003
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Subject
Black Studies
Description
Thousands of African Americans poured into northwest Indiana in the 1920s dreaming of decent-paying jobs and a life without Klansmen, chain gangs, and cotton. *Black Freedom Fighters in Steel: The Struggle for Democratic Unionism* by Ruth Needleman adds a new dimension to the literature on race and labor. It tells the story of five men born in the south who migrated north for a chance to work the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in the steel mills. Individually they fought for equality and justice; collectively they helped construct economic and union democracy in postwar America.
Number of Copies
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