Meatpackers An Oral History of Black Packinghouse Workers and Their Struggle for Racial and Economic Equality |
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| Author:
| Halpern, Rick
Horowitz, Roger |
| Series title: | Oral History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8057-9120-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1996 |
| Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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| Imprint: | Macmillan Reference USA |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $74.00 |
Book Description:
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Using oral history interviews drawn from the massive United Packinghouse Workers of America Oral History Project (underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities), Halpern and Horowitz trace the impact of the packinghouse on race relations, the civil rights movement, and African American communities from Chicago to Fort Worth. The interviewees speak for themselves with power, intelligence, and emotion. They reveal the importance of the packinghouse employment to...
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Using oral history interviews drawn from the massive United Packinghouse Workers of America Oral History Project (underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities), Halpern and Horowitz trace the impact of the packinghouse on race relations, the civil rights movement, and African American communities from Chicago to Fort Worth. The interviewees speak for themselves with power, intelligence, and emotion. They reveal the importance of the packinghouse employment to mid-western black communities, and offer insights into the work experience and family relationships of African Americans. They relate the remarkable representation of interracial cooperation within a labor union and the positive role this organization played in the promotion of social change, racial equality, and tolerance.