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A Working People - A History of African American Workers Since Emancipation (Paperback)
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A Working People - A History of African American Workers Since Emancipation (Paperback)
Series: The African American Experience Series
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Total price: R878
Discovery Miles: 8 780
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In this book, historian Steven A. Reich examines the economic,
political and cultural forces that have beaten and built America's
black workforce since Emancipation. From the abolition of slavery
through the Civil Rights Movement and Great Recession, African
Americans have faced a unique set of obstacles and prejudices on
their way to becoming a productive and indispensable portion of the
American workforce. Repeatedly denied access to the opportunities
all Americans are to be afforded under the Constitution, African
Americans have combined decades of collective action and community
mobilization with the trailblazing heroism of a select few to pave
their own way to prosperity. This latest installment of the African
American History Series challenges the notion that racial
prejudices are buried in our nation's history, and instead provides
a narrative connecting the struggles of many generations of African
American workers to those felt the present day. Reich provides an
unblinking account of what being an African American worker has
meant since the 1860s, alluding to ways in which we can and must
learn from our past, for the betterment of all workers, however
marginalized they may be. A Working People: A History of African
American Workers Since Emancipation is as factually astute as it is
accessibly written, a tapestry of over 150 years of troubled yet
triumphant African American labor history that we still weave
today.
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