Black Coal Miners in America Race, Class, and Community Conflict, 1780-1980.
- Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1987.
- 1 online resource (264 pages)
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Part I: Expropriation: Forced Labor; 1. Slavery; 2. Convict Labor; Part II: Exploitation: The South; 3. The Social Equality Wedge in Alabama, 1880-1908; 4. Resurgence of the UMWA in Alabama, 1920-1940; Part III: Exclusion: The North; 5. Job Control and Racial Conflict in the North and West, 1870-1903; 6. Race, Class, Community, and the UMWA in the North; Photographs; Part IV: Equality: Central Appalachia; 7. Judicious Mixture in Central Appalachia, 1880-1920; 8. The Fruits of Judicious Mixture, 1910-1932 Part V: Elimination: An Epilogue9. Demise of the Black Miner; Appendix: Employment of Blacks in the Bituminous Coal Industry, 1900-1980; Notes; Primary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
From the early day of mining in colonial Virginia and Maryland up to the time of World War II, blacks were an important part of the labor force in the coal industry. Yet in this, as in other enterprises, their role has heretofore been largely ignored. Now Roland L. Lewis redresses the balance in this comprehensive history of black coal miners in America. The experience of blacks in the industry has varied widely over time and by region, and the approach of this study is therefore more comparative than chronological. Its aim is to define the patterns of race relations that prevailed among the m.
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African American coal miners--History. Coal mines and mining--History.