Working People - A History of African American Workers Since Emancipation

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.

About the author

Steven A. Reich (PhD, Northwestern) is associate professor of history at James Madison University and the editor of the three-volume Encyclopedia of the Great Black Migration.

Product details

• Authors: Steven A. Reich
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.09.2013
• EAN: 9781442203327
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0332-7
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: The African American History Series; African American History (Rowm; The African American Experience Series; The African American Experience Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous