Black Unionism in the Industrial South
- ISBN-10
- 1585441678
- ISBN-13
- 9781585441679
- Category
- African American labor union members
- Pages
- 183
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Author
- Ernest Obadele-Starks
Description
"Obadele-Starks eloquently captures these workers' fight and discusses the implications of their struggle on the industrial society of the Upper Texas Gulf Coast today. Students and scholars of American labor history, race relations, and Texas history will find Black Unionism in the Industrial South a valuable scholarly work."--Jacket.
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