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In A Working People, historian Steven A. Reich examines the economic, political and cultural forces that have built and broken America's black workforce for centuries. From the abolition of slavery through the Civil Rights Movement and Great Recession, African Americans have been singularly disadvantaged members of the workforce, repeatedly denied access to the opportunities all Americans are to be afforded under the Constitution.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Chronology
Chapter One
Emancipation and the Politics of Black Labor
Chapter Two
Jim Crow's Black Workers
Chapter Three
The Great Black Labor Migration
Chapter Four
A New Deal for Black Workers
Chapter Five
The Black Working-Class Movement for Civil Rights
Chapter Six
Opening the American Workplace
Documents
Selected Bibliography
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By Steven A. Reich - Series edited by Jacqueline M. Moore and Nina Mjagkij
