Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-522) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Those Who Were Not Afraid -- Industrial and Political Revolutions -- Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Country Small Town Grown Big Town Rich, and Poor -- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company: A Moneymaking Place -- Social Learning -- Talking Union -- A Dream Come True -- Like Being Reconstructed -- In Dreams Begin Responsibilities -- There Was Nothing in the City That Didn't Concern the Tobacco Union -- It Wasn't Just Wages We Wanted, but Freedom -- Fighting the Fire -- Jim Crow Must Go -- If You Beat the White Man at One Trick, He Will Try Another -- Trust the Bridge That Carried Us Over.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Drawing on interviews with black and white tobacco workers in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Korstad explores their confrontations against racial capitalism that consigned African Americans to the basest jobs in the industry, perpetuated low wages for all southerners and shored up white supremacy.
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Title
Civil rights unionism.
International Standard Book Number
0807854549
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America-- History-- 20th century.
Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Civil rights movements-- Southern States-- History-- 20th century.