Description:
Thousands of African Americans poured into northwest Indiana in the 1920s dreaming of decent-paying jobs and a life without Klansmen, chain gangs, and cotton. Black Freedom Fighters in Steel: The Struggle for Democratic Unionism by Ruth Needleman...
Brief description: Ruth Needleman is Professor of Labor Studies at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, where she created a special college degree program, known as Swingshift College, for steelworkers.
Review Quotes:
As a source of material on fighting racism at work, or on union organizing in general, this book is extremely valuable.
--Diane Fieldes "The Journal of Industrial Relations"