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Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party

Paul Frymer

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Description: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 about how the Democratic Party unintentionally sowed the seeds of labor's decline.The labor and civil rights movements are the cornerstones of the Democratic Party, but for much of the twentieth century these movements worked independently of one another. Paul Frymer argues that as Democrats passed separate legislation to promote labor rights and racial equality they split the issues of class and race into two sets of institutions, neither of which had enough authority to integrate the labor movement.From this division, the courts became the leading enforcers of workplace civil rights, threatening unions with bankruptcy if they resisted integration. The courts' previously unappreciated power, however, was also a problem: in diversifying unions, judges and lawyers enfeebled them financially, thus democratizing through destruction. Sharply delineating the double-edged sword of state and legal power, "Black and Blue" chronicles an achievement that was as problematic as it was remarkable, and that demonstrates the deficiencies of race- and class-based understandings of labor, equality, and power in America.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party. To get started finding Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 224

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Release: 2007

ISBN: 140083726X

Description: 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 about how the Democratic Party unintentionally sowed the seeds of labor's decline.The labor and civil rights movements are the cornerstones of the Democratic Party, but for much of the twentieth century these movements worked independently of one another. Paul Frymer argues that as Democrats passed separate legislation to promote labor rights and racial equality they split the issues of class and race into two sets of institutions, neither of which had enough authority to integrate the labor movement.From this division, the courts became the leading enforcers of workplace civil rights, threatening unions with bankruptcy if they resisted integration. The courts' previously unappreciated power, however, was also a problem: in diversifying unions, judges and lawyers enfeebled them financially, thus democratizing through destruction. Sharply delineating the double-edged sword of state and legal power, "Black and Blue" chronicles an achievement that was as problematic as it was remarkable, and that demonstrates the deficiencies of race- and class-based understandings of labor, equality, and power in America.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party. To get started finding Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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[ 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 ] By Frymer, Paul ( Author )Nov-19-2007 Paperback

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