Kenny Riley and Black Union Labor Power in the Port of Charleston

ISBN-13: 9781476677729 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 213 str.

Ted Reed; John J. Yurechko

Spis treści

Preface by Ted Reed 1
Introduction 3
 1. We Lived in Our Own Little World 9
 2. Getting an Education, Separate Not Equal 21
 3. Charleston the Slave Port 31
 4. A City Is Born: It Grows on the Backs of Slaves 38
 5. The War for Freedom Leaves Many Enslaved 48
 6. South Carolina Declares War on the United States 54
 7. ­Ex-Slaves Form a Labor Union and It Folds 65
 8. Charleston Rots and Then Rebounds 74
 9. George Washington German Brings the Union Back 82
10. On the Waterfront 93
11. Containers Take Over the World 103
12. A Sixties Kid Takes Over Local 1422 113
13. A World Beyond Charleston 120
14. The Charleston Five 130
15. Lessons Learned from the Charleston Five 139
16. A Charleston Guy Finds Allies in New York and San Francisco 150
17. The Family Politics of Local 1422 159
18. For Labor, South Carolina Is Tough, but "The Union Is Anomalous" 168
19. Riley Looks to Retirement 179
Chapter Notes 187
Bibliography 197
Index 201