Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981

G. His book is filled with anecdotes of working-class racism undermining genuine workers’ power in favor of the paltry protections of white privilegefrom the erection of occupational color bars by unions to the outbreaks of wildcat strikes against the hiring of black workers. A stunning achievement; it still stands as the most comprehensive treatment to date of African American workers and the labor movement.”Robin D. Foner reminds us that African Americans provided leadership to white workersor

In this classic account, historian Philip Foner traces the radical history of Black workers’ contribution to the American labor movement.

J.R. said It has some great information for the period covered. This is a comprehensive review of the relationship between white and black workers and how it was played out inside the unions. It has some great information for the period covered. He clearly shows the contradictory developments - workers moving towards united struggle vs. racist exclusion clauses in several unions. The one shortcoming is that it lacks an explanation of the role of capitalist crises, for example the ec