LEADER 04231nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910964441203321 005 20250128235151.0 010 $a9780674020283 010 $a0674020286 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674020283 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786749 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050579 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000115273 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11143197 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115273 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10008878 035 $a(PQKB)11359452 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300488 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10318482 035 $a(OCoLC)923112046 035 $a(DE-B1597)574309 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674020283 035 $a(dli)HEB06701 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000007294868 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300488 035 $a(Perlego)1148018 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786749 100 $a20020424h20022001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBrotherhoods of color $eblack railroad workers and the struggle for equality /$fEric Arnesen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2002, c2001 215 $a1 online resource (338p. )$cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780674003194 311 08$a0674003195 311 08$a9780674008175 311 08$a0674008170 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aRace in the first century of American railroading -- Promise and failure in the World War I era -- The Black wedge of civil rights unionism -- Independent Black unionism in depression and war -- The rise of the red caps -- The politics of fair employment -- The politics of fair representation -- Black railroaders in the modern era. 330 $aPresenting the story of African Americans on the railroad during the 20th century, this text analyses the struggle against racism and job discrimination fought by the black railroaders, showing how the men forged their own brand of civil rights activism. 330 $bFrom the time the first tracks were laid in the early nineteenth century, the railroad has occupied a crucial place in America's historical imagination. Now, for the first time, Eric Arnesen gives us an untold piece of that vital American institution-the story of African Americans on the railroad. African Americans have been a part of the railroad from its inception, but today they are largely remembered as Pullman porters and track layers. The real history is far richer, a tale of endless struggle, perseverance, and partial victory. In a sweeping narrative, Arnesen re-creates the heroic efforts by black locomotive firemen, brakemen, porters, dining car waiters, and redcaps to fight a pervasive system of racism and job discrimination fostered by their employers, white co-workers, and the unions that legally represented them even while barring them from membership. Decades before the rise of the modern civil rights movement in the mid-1950's, black railroaders forged their own brand of civil rights activism, organizing their own associations, challenging white trade unions, and pursuing legal redress through state and federal courts. In recapturing black railroaders' voices, aspirations, and challenges, Arnesen helps to recast the history of black protest and American labor in the twentieth century. 517 3 $aBlack railroad workers and the struggle for equality 606 $aRailroads$zUnited States$xEmployees$xHistory 606 $aAfrican Americans$xEmployment$xHistory 606 $aDiscrimination in employment$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aRace discrimination$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aRailroads$xEmployees$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xEmployment$xHistory. 615 0$aDiscrimination in employment$xHistory. 615 0$aRace discrimination$xHistory. 676 $a331.6396073 686 $aNW 8300$2rvk 700 $aArnesen$b Eric$0792716 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964441203321 996 $aBrotherhoods of color$91772756 997 $aUNINA