The Black worker from 1900 to 1919
"The collection aptly documents Black migration, including the Exodusters movement of the late nineteenth century and the better-known Great Migration of the early twentieth century. In this case, the editors draw upon records from the United States Department of Labor and studies included in t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia
Temple University Press
2019©1980, 2019
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| Series: | The Black worker : a documentary history from colonial times to the present
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Part I: Economic conditions of Black workers at the turn of the 20th century. Introduction ; The south ; The north ; Black artisans and mechanics
- Part II: Organized labor and the Black worker before World War I. Introduction ; Race relations in the labor movement ; The American Federation of Labor and the Black worker ; New Orleans Levee Strike 1907 ; 1908 Alabama Coal Strike ; Georgia Railroad Strike, 1909
- Part III: The Great Migration. Introduction ; Exodus to the north ; Letters of Negro migrants, 1916-1918
- Part IV: The migration and northern race riots. Introduction ; Race riot in East St. Louis, 1917 ; The Chicago race riot, 1919
- Part V: George E. Haynes and the division of Negro economics. Introduction ; New opportunities raise new questions
- Part VI: Organized labor and the Black worker during World War I and readjustment. Introduction ; American Federation of Labor conventions and the Black worker ; Race relations and the labor movement ; Black and white unite in Bogalusa, Louisiana
- Part VII: Socialism, the Industrial Workers of the World, and the Black worker. Introduction ; Before the war ; Covington Hall ; Post-war and readjustment