Freedom Train Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity【電子書籍】[ Cedric De Leon ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Revealing the central role of Black activists in spurring interracial solidarity in the US labor movement.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Most accounts of interracial solidarity focus on white union activists. In ＜em＞Freedom Train＜/em＞, Cedric de Leon, a former organizer and elected leader in the US labor movement, argues that we can't comprehend the history of workers' triumphs in the United States without investigating the role of Black liberation. This book shows that, from the early twentieth century to the years immediately following the March on Washington and beyond, independent Black labor organizations have pushed the white labor movement toward a fierce and effective interracial solidarity.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Drawing on the minutes, correspondence, and speeches of Black labor activists and organizations from 1917 to 1968, de Leon reveals that Black people have been the most ardent and consistent proponents of racial inclusion, leadership representation, and programs linking economic and raci．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る