Black and blue : African Americans, the labor movement, and the decline of the Democratic party /

Black and blue : African Americans, the labor movement, and the decline of the Democratic party /

"In the 1930s, fewer than one in one hundred U.S. labor union members were African American. By 1980, the figure was more than one in five. Black and Blue explores the politics and history that led to this dramatic integration of organized labor. In the process, the book tells a broader story a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frymer, Paul
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2008]
Series:Princeton studies in American politics.
Subjects:
Democratic Party (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Demokratische Partei <USA>.
1900-1999
Labor policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Labor unions > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Labor policy.
Labor unions.
Race relations.
Gewerkschaft.
Arbeitspolitik.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States.
Schwarze.
USA.
History.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The dual development of national labor policy
  • The NAACP confronts racism in the labor movement, 1935-1964
  • The legal state and the power of the purse
  • Labor law and institutional racism
  • Conclusion : Law and democracy.