Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981

CONTENTS
1. From Slavery to Freedom
2. The Reconstruction Period
3. The Colored National Labor Union
4. The Knights of Labor and the Black Worker
5. The AF ofL and the Black Worker, 1881-1915
6. The AF of L and the Black Worker, 1881-1915 (Cont
7. The Railroad Brotherhoods and the IWW, 1890-1915
8. The Black Worker on the Eve of World War I
9. The Rise of the Black Industrial Working Class, 1915-18
10. The AF of Land the Black Worker During World War I
11. Postwar Black Militancy
12. The AF ofL and the Black Worker, 1921-29
13. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
14. Black Workers During the Great Depression
15. The AF of Land the Black Worker, 1934-35
16. The CIO and the Black Worker, 1935-39
17. World War II
18. The Economic Status of the Black Worker, 1945-55
19. The Cold War Witch Hunts and the Black Worker
20. The National Negro Labor Council, 1951-5 5
21. The AFL-CIO and the Black Worker: The First Five Years
22. The Negro-Labor Alliance, 1960-65
23. The Negro-Labor Alliance, 1965-68
24. Memphis and Charleston: Triumph of the Negro-Labor
Alliance
25. Black Power in the Unions
26. The Black Worker, 1970-1981
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index