9780252069338

Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21

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ISBN13: 9780252069338

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Brian Kelly's acclaimed look at the fault lines in the society of an Alabama city challenges the notion that white workers led the resistance to racial equality in the Jim Crow South. Kelly focuses on the forces that brought the black and white miners of Birmingham, Alabama, together during the hard-fought strikes of 1908 and 1920. He examines the systematic efforts by the region's powerful industrialists to create racial divisions as a means of splitting the workforce, preventing unionization, and keeping wages the lowest in the United States. He also details the role played by Birmingham's small but influential black middle class, whose espousal of industrial accommodation outraged black miners and revealed significant tensions within the African American community.

ISBN-13

9780252069338

ISBN-10

0252069331

Weight

0.94 Pounds

Dimensions

8.97 x 5.93 x 0.80 In

List Price

$29.00

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

280 pages

Publisher

University of Illinois Press

Published On

2001-03-13



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