Organized labor and the Black worker : 1619-1973 / Philip S. Foner.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-468) and index.

1. From slavery to freedom -- 2. The reconstruction period -- 3. The colored national labor union -- 4. The knights of labor and the black worker -- 5.The AF of L and the black worker, 1881-1915 -- 6. The AF of L and the black worker, 1881-1915, (cont.) -- 7. The railroad brotherhoods and the IWW, 1890-1915 -- 8. The black worker on the ever of World War I -- 9. The rise of the black industrial working class, 1915-18 -- 10. The AF of L and the black worker during World War I -- 11. Postwar black militancy -- 12. The AF of L and the black worker, 1921-29 -- 13. The brotherhood of sleeping car porters -- 14. Black workers during the great depression -- 15. The AF of L and the black worker, 1934-35 -- 16. The CIO and the black worker, 1935-39 -- 17. World War II -- 18. The economic status of the black worker, 1945-55 -- 19. The cold war with hunts and the black worker -- 20. The national negro labor council, 1951-55 -- 21.The AFL-CIO and the black worker: the first five years -- 22. The negro-labor alliance, 1960-65 -- 23. The negro-labor alliance, 1965-68 -- 24. Memphis and Charleston: Triumph of the negro-labor alliance -- 25. Black power in the unions -- 26. The current scene and prospects for the future.

"In this classic account, historian Philip Foner traces the radical history of Black workers' contribution to the American labor movement." -- From Google Books.