Struggles in Steel: Resources

If you are interested in learning more, here are some resources to get you started.

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Books

Films/Videos

Organizations & Web Resources

Books

Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City by St. Clair Drake & Horace R. Cayton (University of Chicago, 1993)

Black Workers and the New Unions by Horace R. Cayton & George S. Mitchell (Ayer, 1985)

Black Workers in White Unions by William B. Gould (Cornell, 1977)

Faded Dream: The Politics and Economics of Race in America by Martin Carnoy (Cambridge, 1996)

The Negro in the Steel Industry by Richard L. Rowan (University of Pennsylvania, 1970)

Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1973 by Philip S. Foner (International Publishers, 1974)

Out of the Crucible: Black Steelworkers in Western Pennsylvania, 1875-1980 by Dennis C. Dickerson (State University of New York, 1986)

Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights: Organizing Memphis Workers by Michael K. Honey (University of Illinois, 1993)

The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration by Nicholas Lemann (Knopf, 1991)

The Right to Challenge: People and Power in the Steelworkers Union by John Herling. (Harper and Row, 1972)

Films/Videos

A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom, about the crusading human rights activist and founder of the country's first African-American trade union. California Newsreel, (800) 621-6196 tel/ (415) 621-6522 fax.

At the River I Stand, on the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike culminating in the assassination of Martin Luther King; winner of the Organization of American Historians Barnouw Award. California Newsreel, see above.

Eyes on the Prize, ground-breaking multi-part series about the Civil Rights Movement. PBS Home Video, (800) 344-3337 (educational); (800) 531-4727 (home video).

Web Resources & Organizations

Americans United for Affirmative Action

(404) 870-9090

Educates the public on the importance of maintaining affirmative action programs and the principles of equal opportunity in employment and education.

A. Philip Randolph Institute (202) 289-2774 An organization of black trade unionists to fight for racial equality and economic justice.

Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance

(202) 842-1263

Born in 1992, APALA empowers Asian Pacific American workers to foster the natural links between the labor movement and the Asian Pacific American community.

Black Workers for Justice

(919) 977-8162

Focused in North Carolina and Georgia, BWFJ works with low-income workers around issues of worker empowerment, workplace fairness, health and organizing issues.

Coalition of Labor Union Women

(202) 466-4610

CLUW is a national organization of more than 20,000 union members which advances the benefits of organized workplaces for women and promotes women's leadership within the labor movement.

Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (202) 347-4223 LCLAA promotes the empowerment of workers through education, organization and participation in the workplace and the polls.

LaborNet Internet services, labor news and information, internet training and website design for unions and labor organizations

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (202) 466-3311 A coalition of more than 185 national organizations united in their support for equal justice, equal opportunity and mutual respect.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

(410) 633-7400

Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the oldest, largest and strongest civil rights organization in the U.S., with the principal objective of ensuring the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of the U.S.

One America: The President's Initiative on Race

(202) 395-1010

A year-long effort to deal openly and honestly with America's racial differences, combining thoughtful study, constructive dialogue, and positive action.

UnionWeb Comprehensive resource for organized labor on the web.

United Steelworkers of America (412) 562-2400 The USWA represents over 700,000 working men and women throughout the United States and Canada.

University and College Labor Education Association

(207) 581-4124

The national organization of universities and colleges with recognized labor education programs, and the organization of faculty and staff engaged in such activity.

Workers Education Local 189 (301) 373-8814 Founded in 1922, WEL 189's activities have made it an important actor in shaping workers education in the U.S.

Americans United for Affirmative Action	(404) 870-9090	Educates the public on the importance of maintaining affirmative action programs and the principles of equal opportunity in employment and education.
A. Philip Randolph Institute	(202) 289-2774	An organization of black trade unionists to fight for racial equality and economic justice.
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance	(202) 842-1263	Born in 1992, APALA empowers Asian Pacific American workers to foster the natural links between the labor movement and the Asian Pacific American community.
Black Workers for Justice	(919) 977-8162	Focused in North Carolina and Georgia, BWFJ works with low-income workers around issues of worker empowerment, workplace fairness, health and organizing issues.
Coalition of Labor Union Women	(202) 466-4610	CLUW is a national organization of more than 20,000 union members which advances the benefits of organized workplaces for women and promotes women's leadership within the labor movement.
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement	(202) 347-4223	LCLAA promotes the empowerment of workers through education, organization and participation in the workplace and the polls.
LaborNet		Internet services, labor news and information, internet training and website design for unions and labor organizations
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights	(202) 466-3311	A coalition of more than 185 national organizations united in their support for equal justice, equal opportunity and mutual respect.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People	(410) 633-7400	Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the oldest, largest and strongest civil rights organization in the U.S., with the principal objective of ensuring the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of the U.S.
One America: The President's Initiative on Race	(202) 395-1010	A year-long effort to deal openly and honestly with America's racial differences, combining thoughtful study, constructive dialogue, and positive action.
UnionWeb		Comprehensive resource for organized labor on the web.
United Steelworkers of America	(412) 562-2400	The USWA represents over 700,000 working men and women throughout the United States and Canada.
University and College Labor Education Association	(207) 581-4124	The national organization of universities and colleges with recognized labor education programs, and the organization of faculty and staff engaged in such activity.
Workers Education Local 189	(301) 373-8814	Founded in 1922, WEL 189's activities have made it an important actor in shaping workers education in the U.S.