For Jobs and Freedom Race and Labor in America since 1865.

Work has always been central to the African American experience. Whether as slaves or freedmen, African Americans have struggled to gain economic opportunity. For Jobs and Freedom: Race and Labor in America since 1865 analyzes the position of African American workers in the U.S. economy and social o...

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Main Author: Zieger, Robert H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
Series:Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
JSTOR Open Access Ebooks.
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