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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Minchin, Timothy J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1999]
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.

Table of 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.