Out of the Crucible: Black Steel Workers in Western Pennsylvania, 1875-1980SUNY Press, 01/01/1986 - 323 من الصفحات This book examines in depth the century-long struggle of Black laborers in the iron and steel industry of western Pennsylvania. In the process it shows how the fate of these Black workers mirrors the contemporary predicament of the Black working class and the development of a chronically unemployed underclass in America's declining industrial centers. Dickerson argues that persistent racial discrimination within heavy industry and the decline of major industries during the 1970s are key to understanding the social and economic situation of twentieth-century urban Blacks. Through a blend of historical research and contemporary interviews, this study chronicles the struggle of Black steelworkers to gain equality in the industry and the setbacks suffered as American steelmaking succumbed to foreign competition and antiquated modes of production. The plight of western Pennsylvania's Black steelworkers reflects that of Black laborers in Chicago, Gary, Detroit, Cleveland, Youngstown, Birmingham, and other major American cities where heavy industry once flourished. |
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Black Sons of Vulcan 18751916 | 7 |
World War I and the Black Migration to Western Pennsylvania 1916193O | 27 |
Black Steelworkers Confront Their New Environment | 55 |
The Steel Strike of 1919 and its Aftermath | 85 |
Welfare Capitalism and Black Steelworkers 1916193O | 101 |
The Depression The New Deal and Black Steelworkers in Western Pennsylvania | 119 |
Black Steelworkers in Western Pennsylvania World War II and its Aftermath | 151 |
The Illusion of Advancement Black Steelworkers During the 1950s | 183 |
Pyrrhic Victories Black Steelworkers During the Civil Rights Era 196O198O | 215 |
Epilogue | 247 |
Notes | 253 |
References | 307 |
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Aliquippa Allegheny County Amalgamated Association American Baptist Church became Black employees Black laborers Black migrants Black Southerners Black steel Black steelworkers Black workers Boyd Wilson Braddock Bureau burgh Carnegie Steel Census civil rights civil rights committee Civil Rights Department Clairton Clark colored Department of Commerce Dickerson District Dowdy Duquesne steel F.E.P.C. Records February FEPC File I. W. Abel interviewed by Dennis Iron and Steel John Johnstown Jones and Laughlin Laughlin Steel Library of Congress March McKeesport ment migration Monessen NAACP National Urban League number of Black occupational officials organized Penn percent Philip Murray Pitts Pittsburgh area Pittsburgh Courier Pittsburgh Steel Pittsburgh Urban League Pittsburgh vicinity Population president racial discrimination Shane South steel companies steel employees steel industry steel mills steel plants Steelworkers of America strike SWOC tion U.S. Department U.S. Steel union United Steelworkers University of Pittsburgh USWA wages Washington Western Pennsylvania White workers York