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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457403303321

Autore

Gellman Erik S

Titolo

The gospel of the working class [[electronic resource] ] : labor's Southern prophets in New Deal America / / Erik S. Gellman, Jarod Roll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-16884-7

9786613168849

0-252-09333-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

Working class in American history

Altri autori (Persone)

RollJarod

Disciplina

331.6/3960730750922

Soggetti

Labor - Religious aspects - Southern States - Christianity - History - 20th century

Labor - Missouri - History

Labor - Arkansas - History

Electronic books.

United States Social conditions 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : brothers in the fight for freedom -- Southern strivings -- Seeking the kingdom of God : November 5, 1936, Claude Williams preaches at Owen Whitfield's church, Crosno, Missouri -- Prophets in the storm : April 27, 1940, Owen Whitfield addresses the Third National Negro Congress, Washington, D.C -- Religion applied -- Conclusion : clods of southern earth.

Sommario/riassunto

The authors trace the influence of two southern activist preachers, one black and one white, who used their ministry to organize the working class in the 1930's and 1940's across lines of gender, race and geography.