In the 1950s, the exclusion of women and of black and Latino men
from higher-paying jobs was so universal as to seem normal to most
Americans. Today, diversity in the workforce is a point of pride.
How did such a transformation come about?
In this bold and groundbreaking work, Nancy MacLeanshows how
African-American and later Mexican-American civil rights activists
and feminists concluded that freedom alone would not suffice:
access to jobs at all levels is a requisite of full citizenship.
Tracing the struggle to open the American workplace to all, MacLean
chronicles the cultural and political advances that have
irrevocably changed our nation over the past fifty years.
"Freedom Is Not Enough" reveals the fundamental role jobs play
in the struggle for equality. We meet the grassroots
activists--rank-and-file workers, community leaders, trade
unionists, advocates, lawyers--and their allies in government who
fight for fair treatment, as we also witness the conservative
forces that assembled to resist their demands. Weaving a powerful
and memorable narrative, MacLean demonstrates the life-altering
impact of the Civil Rights Act and the movement for economic
advancement that it fostered.
The struggle for jobs reached far beyond the workplace to
transform American culture. MacLean enables us to understand why so
many came to see good jobs for all as the measure of full
citizenship in a vital democracy. Opening up the workplace, she
shows, opened minds and hearts to the genuine inclusion of all
Americans for the first time in our nation's history.
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