Title Brotherhoods of color : black railroad workers and the struggle for equality / Eric Arnesen.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	HD8039.R12 U612 2001	Available	---

Description	332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Race in the first century of American railroading -- Promise and failure in the World War I era -- The Black wedge of civil rights unionism -- Independent Black unionism in depression and war -- The rise of the red caps -- The politics of fair employment -- The politics of fair representation -- Black railroaders in the modern era.
Subject	Railroads -- United States -- Employees -- History.
	Railroads.
	United States.
	Employees.
	History.
	African Americans -- Employment -- History.
	African Americans -- Employment.
	Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History.
	Discrimination in employment.
	Race discrimination -- United States -- History.
	Race discrimination.
ISBN	0674003195 alkaline paper