Negroes and Jobs

Negroes and Jobs
Author: Louis A. Ferman
Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 616
Release: 1968
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Monograph comprising a compendium of more than 30 interdisciplinary research readings written since 1960, on various aspects of Black employment and racial discrimination in the USA - covers negro incomes and occupational distribution, the sociological aspects of inequality in employment, the barriers to equal employment opportunity, the legal aspects of the struggle for equal opportunity, labour market factors, etc. References and statistical tables.

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
Author: Barbara Ransby
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0807827789

A stirring new portrait of one of the most important black leaders of the twentieth century introduces readers to the fiery woman who inspired generations of activists. (Social Science)

Black Workers Remember

Black Workers Remember
Author: Michael K. Honey
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0520232054

A compelling collection of oral histories of black working-class men and women from Memphis. Covering the 1930s to the 1980s, they tell of struggles to unionize and to combat racism on the shop floor and in society at large. They also reveal the origins of the civil rights movement in the activities of black workers, from the Depression onward.