001478198 000__ 06936nam\a22007815i\4500 001478198 001__ 1478198 001478198 003__ DE-B1597 001478198 005__ 20231026034850.0 001478198 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001478198 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001478198 008__ 230918t20092001mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001478198 020__ $$a9780674020283 001478198 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674020283$$2doi 001478198 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)574309 001478198 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001478198 0410_ $$aeng 001478198 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001478198 050_4 $$aHD8039.R12 ǂb U612 2002eb 001478198 072_7 $$aSOC001000$$2bisacsh 001478198 08204 $$a331.6396073 001478198 1001_ $$aArnesen, Eric, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001478198 24510 $$aBrotherhoods of Color :$$bBlack Railroad Workers and the Struggle for Equality /$$cEric Arnesen. 001478198 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2009] 001478198 264_4 $$c©2001 001478198 300__ $$a1 online resource (352 p.) 001478198 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001478198 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001478198 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001478198 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001478198 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tPrologue -- $$t1 Race in the First Century of American Railroading -- $$t2 Promise and Failure in the World War I Era -- $$t3 The Black Wedge of Civil Rights Unionism -- $$t4 Independent Black Unionism in Depression and War -- $$t5 The Rise of the Red Caps -- $$t6 The Politics of Fair Employment -- $$t7 The Politics of Fair Representation -- $$t8 Black Railroaders in the Modern Era -- $$tConclusion -- $$tNotes -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIndex 001478198 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001478198 520__ $$aFrom the time the first tracks were laid in the early nineteenth century, the railroad has occupied a crucial place in America's historical imagination. Now, for the first time, Eric Arnesen gives us an untold piece of that vital American institution--the story of African Americans on the railroad. African Americans have been a part of the railroad from its inception, but today they are largely remembered as Pullman porters and track layers. The real history is far richer, a tale of endless struggle, perseverance, and partial victory. In a sweeping narrative, Arnesen re-creates the heroic efforts by black locomotive firemen, brakemen, porters, dining car waiters, and redcaps to fight a pervasive system of racism and job discrimination fostered by their employers, white co-workers, and the unions that legally represented them even while barring them from membership. Decades before the rise of the modern civil rights movement in the mid-1950s, black railroaders forged their own brand of civil rights activism, organizing their own associations, challenging white trade unions, and pursuing legal redress through state and federal courts. In recapturing black railroaders' voices, aspirations, and challenges, Arnesen helps to recast the history of black protest and American labor in the twentieth century.Table of Contents: 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 Reviews of this book: In this superbly written monograph, Arnesen.shows how African American railroad workers combined civil rights and labor union activism in their struggles for racial equality in the workplace.Throughout, black locomotive firemen, porters, yardmen, and other railroaders speak eloquently about the work they performed and their confrontations with racist treatment.This history of the 'aristocrats' of the African American working class is highly recommended.--Charles L. Lumpkins, Library JournalReviews of this book: Arnesen provides a fascinating look at U.S. labor and commerce in the arena of the railroads, so much a part of romantic notions about the growth of the nation. The focus of the book is the troubled history of the railroads in the exploitation of black workers from slavery until the civil rights movement, with an insightful analysis of the broader racial integration brought about by labor activism.--Vanessa Bush, BooklistReviews of this book: [An] exhaustive and illuminating work of scholarship.--Publishers WeeklyReviews of this book: Arnesen tells a story that should be of interest to a variety of readers, including those who are avid students of this country's railroads. He knows his stuff, and furthermore, reminds us of how dependent American railroads were on the backbreaking labor of racial and ethnic groups whose civil and political status were precarious at best: Irish, Chinese, Mexicans and Italians, as well as African-Americans. But Arnesen's most powerful and provocative argument is that the nature of discrimination not only led black railroad workers to pursue the path of independent unionism, it also propelled them into the larger struggle for civil rights.--Steven Hahn, Chicago Tribune 001478198 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001478198 546__ $$aIn English. 001478198 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. 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