Hiring the black worker : the racial integration of the Southern textile industry, 1960-1980 / Timothy J. Minchin.

Author/creator Minchin, Timothy J.
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Discrimination in employment--Southern States. --History. --20th century.
Textile workers--Southern States. --History. --20th century.
Race discrimination--Southern States. --History. --20th century.
African American labor union members--Southern States. --History. --20th century.
Discrimination in employments--Southern States. --History. --20th century.

Contents There were no Blacks running the machines: Black employment in the southern textile industry before 1964 -- The government brought about the real change: causes of the racial integration of the southern textile industry, 1964-1980 -- For quite obvious reasons, we do not want to fill these mills up with Negroes: the attitudes of textile executives to Black employment -- I felt myself as a pioneer: the experiences of the first Black production workers -- The only ones that got a promotion was a White man: the discriminatory treatment of Black men in the textile industry, 1964-1980 --Getting out of the White man's kitchen: African American women and the racial integration of the southern textile industry -- Community activism and litigation: the role of civil rights organizations in racial integration of the southern textile industry -- A mixed blessing: the role of labor unions in the racial integration of the southern textile industry.
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Local noteLittle-314726--305131021183S
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index.
LCCN 98030146
ISBN0807824704 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807847712 (pbk. : alk. paper)