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Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights: ORGANIZING MEMPHIS WORKERS (Working Class in American History)
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #763854 in Books
- Published on: 1993-03-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 400 pages
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Best book about the working class South I have read.
Can't understand how this country works if you don't see how racism has been used, especially to divide workers. Honey writes about a pivotal time in American history when the working class was organizing and had the potential to transform the South for workers and African-Americans. The lessons are no less true today. A must read for organizers of any persuasion.
A Must for Anyone Interested in Memphis Working Class History
Michael Honey does a fantastic job in explaining the CIO's contribution to the Struggle for Civil Rights. The Left-Led CIO Unions, most of all FTA Local 19, prepared a cadre of African-American working class leaders in Memphis, who were, in fact, the precursors to those of the 1960s. A must for anyone interested in the study of the Labor role in Civil Rights History in Memphis and the South in the 1930s-1950s.
