Black Coal Miners in America: Race, Class, and Community Conflict, 1780-1980From 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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Contents
Slavery | 3 |
Convict Labor | 13 |
The Social Equality Wedge in Alabama 18801908 | 39 |
Resurgence of the UMWA in Alabama 19201940 | 58 |
Job Control Racial Conflict | 79 |
Race Class Community the UMWA in the North | 99 |
Judicious Mixture in Central Appalachia 18801920 | 121 |
The Fruits of Judicious Mixture 19101932 | 143 |
Demise of the Black Miner | 167 |
Employment of Blacks in the Bituminous | 191 |
Primary Sources | 227 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Black Coal Miners in America: Race, Class, and Community Conflict, 1780-1980 |
| Author | Ronald L. Lewis |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University Press of Kentucky, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0813116104, 9780813116105 |
| Length | 239 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies |
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