Black Workers Remember: An Oral History of Segregation, Unionism, and the Freedom Struggle
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (829 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520217748 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 423 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Michael Keith Honey is Harry Bridges Chair of Labor Studies and Professor of African-American, Ethnic and Labor Studies, and American History at the University of Washington, Tacoma. He is the author of the prize-winning Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights: Organizing Memphis Workers (1993).
David Domkoski said Recipeint of the Tacoma Public Library's "Recipeint of the Tacoma Public Library's 2000 Morgan Prize!" according to David Domkoski. The Murray Morgan Prize is awarded annually by the Tacoma Public Library to an outstanding Washington author in recognition of a work published during the previous year that is of high literary quality and wide interest. The work must exemplify the principles of narrative excellence and high standards of research as demonstrated in the distinguished career of author, hist. 000 Morgan Prize!. The Murray Morgan Prize is awarded annually by the Tacoma Public Library to an outstanding Washington author in recognition of a work published during the previous year that is of high literary quality and wide interest. The work must exemplify the principles of narrative excellence and high standards of research as demonstrated in the distinguished career of author, hist. 2000 Lillian Smith Book Award Winner - and for good reason Michael Keith Honey's Black Workers Remember expands what we know of as the Civil Rights Movement. Through the voices and stories of the black men and women who worked in Memphis, Tennessee's factories, Honey reveals a struggle for freedom that spans the 20th century. It shows the conditions that blacks faced in the 30's as they moved from farm work to factory work and th. A Customer said Narrow mindedness at its best!. As a black female, I was excited to finally read Michael Honey's book. However, it turned out to be a major disappointment. Honey's extremely slanted view skews history to the extent that most readers will be turned off by this work. Honey totally discounts the importance unions had in achieving equality for blacks, a major blunder according to any historian. While Honey
The collection also reveals the devastating impact that a globalizing capitalist economy has had on black communities and the importance of organizing the labor movement as an antidote to poverty. Instead, we see the freedom struggle as the product of generations of people, including workers who organized unions, resisted Jim Crow at work, and built up their families, churches, and communities. He weaves them together here into a rich collection reflecting many tragic dimensions of America's racial history while drawing new attention to the role of workers and poor people in African American and American history.. Michael Honey gathered these oral histories for more than fifteen years. Yet because of racism and segregation, their contribution remains largely unknown. Together, the stories demonstrate how black workers resisted racial apartheid in American industry
"Honey serves as a symphony conductor, skillfully blending the voices into a powerful choir singing a song of freedom." -- Dallas Morning News"Honey serves as a symphony conductor, skillfully blending the voices of laborers into a choir singing a song of freedom." -- Dallas Morning News"It's a gifted storyteller who can capture a reader's heart and mind with fiction." -- Tacoma News-Tribune"It's a gifted storyteller who can capture a reader's heart and mind with fiction greater who can with nonfiction." -- Tacoma News-Tribune"Poignant reading, Honey's interviews reflect his clear sympathy and admiration for his subjects and their achievements." -- Gerald Friedman, Journal of Economic History"The workers interviewed give voice to the ideal of a living wage as a right, not a privilege." -- American Prospect