The Black worker since the AFL-CIO merger, 1955-1980 / edited by Philip S. Foner, Ronald L. Lewis and Robert Cvornyek.
"The final volume delves deeply into the relation between civil rights and labor during the 1950s and 1960s. A notable collection of speeches by civil rights leaders Vernon E. Jordan, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr., Roy Wilkins, and Benjamin Hooks at AFL-CIO conventions is also incl...
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| Contributors: | , , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Black worker ;
v. 8. |
| Subjects: | |
| Genre/Form: | Primary sources, Speeches |
| Local Note: | JSTOR |
| Summary: | "The final volume delves deeply into the relation between civil rights and labor during the 1950s and 1960s. A notable collection of speeches by civil rights leaders Vernon E. Jordan, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr., Roy Wilkins, and Benjamin Hooks at AFL-CIO conventions is also included. It concludes with documentation of the organizing efforts of Black and Brown hospital workers, an effort widely supported by the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement"--From foreword. |
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| Item Description: | Reissued with foreword by Keona K. Ervin. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (589 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781439917800 1439917809 |