@article{438597,
      recid = {438597},
      author = {Robinson, Cyril D.},
      title = {Marching with Dr. King Ralph Helstein and the United  Packinghouse Workers of America / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Praeger,},
      address = {Santa Barbara, Calif. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xii, 256 p.) :},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {Overview:  In 1946, Ralph Helstein was the general counsel  for the United Packinghouse Workers Union (UPWA), which had  become a predominantly black worker organization. At the  time there was a divisive left-right split in the union. As  the only individual both sides trusted, Helstein was  elected president of the union, thus beginning an era of  positive change for the UPWA and its workers. Beyond  Helstein's efforts for the UPWA, Marching with Dr. King:   Ralph Helstein and the United Packinghouse Workers of  America also examines the involvement of Helstein in the  civil rights movement, his personal association with Martin  Luther King, Jr., and how his actions as union president  championed the rights of African Americans, women, and even  an immigrant group outside the United States-the sugar  workers in Puerto Rico. This text presents a unique  perspective on the life of a labor leader, revealing the  connection between Helstein's religious and philosophical  ideas with his leadership of the UPWA union.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/438597},
}