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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454533603321

Autore

Minchin Timothy J

Titolo

The Color of work [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle for civil rights in the Southern paper industry, 1945-1980 / / Timothy J. Minchin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8078-7548-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Disciplina

331.13/3

Soggetti

Discrimination in employment - Southern States - History - 20th century

Paper industry workers - Southern States - History - 20th century

Race discrimination - Southern States - History - 20th century

African American labor union members - Southern States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-265) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations and Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 7; CHAPTER 8; CHAPTER 9; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Histories of the civil rights movement have generally overlooked the battle to integrate the South's major industries. The paper industry, which has played an important role in the southern economy since the 1930's, has been particularly neglected. Using previously untapped legal records and oral history interviews, Timothy Minchin provides the first in-depth account of the struggle to integrate southern paper mills. Minchin describes how jobs in the southern paper industry were strictly segregated prior to the 1960's, with black workers confined to low-paying, menial positions. All work