02930nam 2200685Ia 450 991080620720332120200520144314.00-8147-4454-00-8147-7334-61-4294-1417-010.18574/nyu/9780814773345(CKB)1000000000245313(EBL)865889(OCoLC)779828282(SSID)ssj0000234256(PQKBManifestationID)11203225(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234256(PQKBWorkID)10253343(PQKB)11543463(OCoLC)78051646(MdBmJHUP)muse10424(Au-PeEL)EBL865889(CaPaEBR)ebr10137197(DE-B1597)546835(DE-B1597)9780814773345(MiAaPQ)EBC865889(EXLCZ)99100000000024531320041221d2005 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrRed Seas Ferdinand Smith and radical black sailors in the United States and Jamaica /Gerald Horne1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20051 online resource (379 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-3740-4 0-8147-3668-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-332) and index.Introduction: sailing from Jamaica -- Sailing the Red Seas -- Perilous waters -- The Black Ocean -- Few safe harbors -- Wind in their sails -- Storm signal -- Storm, at sea -- Walking the plank -- Black labor at sea -- Dropping anchor in Jamaica -- On the beach -- The final voyage of Ferdinand Smith.During the heyday of the U.S. and international labor movements in the 1930's and 1940's, Ferdinand Smith, the Jamaican-born co-founder and second-in-command of the National Maritime Union (NMU), stands out as one of the most-if not the most-powerful black labor leaders in the United States. Smith's active membership in the Communist Party, however, coupled with his bold labor radicalism and shaky immigration status, brought him under continual surveillance by U.S. authorities, especially during the Red Scare in the 1950's. Smith was eventually deported to his homeland of Jamaica, where heLabor leadersUnited StatesBiographyAfrican American communistsBiographyJamaican AmericansBiographyLabor leadersJamaicaBiographyLabor leadersAfrican American communistsJamaican AmericansLabor leaders331.88/113875/092Horne Gerald850651MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806207203321Red Seas4016006UNINA