Everybody Was Black Down There - Race And Industrial Change in the Alabama Coalfields

Informationen zum Autor ROBERT H. WOODRUM is a visiting assistant professor of history at Clark Atlanta University. Klappentext In 1930! African Americans made up 53 percent of the mining workforce in Alabama. At the close of the twentieth century! only about 15 percent of Birmingham's miners were black. This work offers an interpretation of why this dramatic decline occurred and why it happened during an era of strong union presence in the Alabama coalfields. Zusammenfassung In 1930! African Americans made up 53 percent of the mining workforce in Alabama. At the close of the twentieth century! only about 15 percent of Birmingham's miners were black. This work offers an interpretation of why this dramatic decline occurred and why it happened during an era of strong union presence in the Alabama coalfields.

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• Authors: Robert Woodrum, Robert H Woodrum, Robert H. Woodrum
• Assisted by: Jane Dailey (Editor), Bryant Simon (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2007
• EAN: 9780820328799
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-2879-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Politics and Culture in the Tw; Politics and Culture in the Tw
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, History - U.S., HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General