Red Seas : Ferdinand Smith and radical black sailors in the United States and Jamaica / / Gerald Horne

• Autore: Horne Gerald
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (379 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.88/113875/092
• Soggetto topico: Labor leaders - United States; African American communists; Jamaican Americans; Labor leaders - Jamaica
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-332) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 he
• Titolo autorizzato: Red Seas
• ISBN: 0-8147-4454-0; 0-8147-7334-6; 1-4294-1417-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806207203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II