Black Workers' Struggle for Equality in Birmingham
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Black Workers' Struggle for Equality in Birmingham is a 2001 book
written by David Montgomery, Professor of History Emeritus
at Yale University
, in collaboration with Horace Huntley
of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
. The book makes use of oral histories to explain the interactions between African-American workers and labor unions in the post-Civil War
American South.
Book
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written by David Montgomery, Professor of History Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, in collaboration with Horace Huntley
Horace Huntley
Horace Huntley is a professor at the University of Alabama, Birmingham in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Huntley has worked extensively as a historian in the field of Civil Rights. He is the Director of the Oral History Project of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute...
of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a large interpretive museum and research center in Birmingham, Alabama that depicts the struggles of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s...
. The book makes use of oral histories to explain the interactions between African-American workers and labor unions in the post-Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
American South.