| Description |
x, 265 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Constructing black power / David Goldberg and Trevor Griffey -- "Revolution has come to Brooklyn" : construction trades protests and the Negro revolt of 1963 / Brian Purnell -- "The laboratory of democracy": construction industry racism in Newark and the limits of liberalism / Julia Rabig -- "Work for me also means work for the community I come from" : black contractors, black capitalism, and affirmative action in the Bay Area / John J. Rosen -- Community control of construction, independent unionism, and the "short black power movement" in Detroit / David Goldberg -- "The stone wall behind" : Chicago's Coalition for United Community Action and labor's overseers, 1968-1973 / Erik S. Gellman -- "The blacks should not be administering the Philadelphia plan" : Nixon, the hard hats, and "voluntary" affirmative action / Trevor Griffey -- From jobs to power : the United Construction Workers Association and Title VII community organizing in the 1970s / Trevor Griffey -- White male identity politics, the building trades, and the future of American labor / David Goldberg and Trevor Griffey. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
African American construction workers.
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African American labor union members.
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Construction workers -- Labor unions -- United States.
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Affirmative action programs -- United States.
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Labor movement -- United States.
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Black power -- United States.
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Civil rights movements -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Goldberg, David A., 1972-
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Griffey, Trevor, 1975-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780801446580 (alk. paper) |
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0801446589 (alk. paper) |
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9780801474316 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0801474310 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780801461958 (e-book) |
| OCLC # |
EBC3138113 |
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