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Author Reich, Steven A. (Steven Andrew), 1965- author.

Title A working people : a history of African American workers since emancipation / Steven A. Reich.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The African American history series
African-American history series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary In African Americans at Work, historian Steven A. Reich examines the economical, 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.
Contents Emancipation and the politics of Black labor -- Jim Crow's Black workers -- The great Black labor migration -- A new deal for Black workers -- The Black working-class movement for civil rights -- Opening the American workplace.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Working class African Americans -- History.
Working class African Americans.
History.
African Americans -- Employment -- History.
African Americans -- Employment.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Labor -- United States -- History.
Labor.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Reich, Steven A. (Steven Andrew), 1965- Working people. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013] 9781442203327 (DLC) 2013018733 (OCoLC)843079343
ISBN 9781442203334 (electronic book)
1442203331 (electronic book)
1299874320 (electronic book)
9781299874329 (electronic book)
9781442203327 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1442203323 (cloth ; alkaline paper)