Black firefighters and the FDNY : the struggle for jobs, justice, and equity in New York City /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Goldberg, David A., 1972- (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Series:	Justice, power, and politics.
Subjects:	New York (N.Y.). > Fire Department > History > 20th century. New York (N.Y.). > Fire Department. > Vulcan Society > History > 20th century. African American fire fighters > Employment > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. Fire departments > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The early origins of ethnic insularity and racial exclusion in the New York City Fire Department
The bravest of the brave : New York's first generation of black firefighters, 1898-1934
Fighting a good fight : the formation of the Vulcan Society, 1932-1945
Postwar civic and civil rights unionism : the Vulcan Society's golden age, 1946-1963
A black face in a high place, fire commissioner Robert O. Lowery : reform, retrenchment, and the limitations of racial liberalism
From black power to class action : the International Association of Black Professional Firefighters and the rise of fire department discrimination litigation
The last bastion of white male privilege : race, gender, and the FDNY, 1977-1999
Free at last? Black firefighters and the FDNY in the twenty-first century.