Brotherhoods of Color

Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for Equality

Eric Arnesen

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$35.50 • £28.95 • €32.00

ISBN 9780674008175

Publication Date: 03/01/2002

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352 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

23 halftones

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Prologue
1. Race in the First Century of American Railroading
2. Promise and Failure in the World War I Era
3. The Black Wedge of Civil Rights Unionism
4. Independent Black Unionism in Depression and War
5. The Rise of the Red Caps
6. The Politics of Fair Employment
7. The Politics of Fair Representation
8. Black Railroaders in the Modern Era
Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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2001 Wesley–Logan Prize, American Historical Association and Association for the Study of African American Life and History

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