LEADER 02930nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910806207203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-4454-0 010 $a0-8147-7334-6 010 $a1-4294-1417-0 024 7 $a10.18574/nyu/9780814773345 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245313 035 $a(EBL)865889 035 $a(OCoLC)779828282 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000234256 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11203225 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234256 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10253343 035 $a(PQKB)11543463 035 $a(OCoLC)78051646 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10424 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865889 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10137197 035 $a(DE-B1597)546835 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814773345 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865889 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245313 100 $a20041221d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRed Seas $eFerdinand Smith and radical black sailors in the United States and Jamaica /$fGerald Horne 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (379 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-3740-4 311 $a0-8147-3668-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-332) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aDuring 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 he 606 $aLabor leaders$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American communists$vBiography 606 $aJamaican Americans$vBiography 606 $aLabor leaders$zJamaica$vBiography 615 0$aLabor leaders 615 0$aAfrican American communists 615 0$aJamaican Americans 615 0$aLabor leaders 676 $a331.88/113875/092 700 $aHorne$b Gerald$0850651 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806207203321 996 $aRed Seas$94016006 997 $aUNINA