Union divided : Black musicians' fight for labor equality /

"In the 1910s and 1920s, Black musicians organized more than fifty locals within the American Federation of Musicians (AFM). Leta Miller follows the AFM's Black locals from their origins and successes in the 1920s through Depression-era challenges and the postwar dismantling of segregated...

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Autor principal: Miller, Leta E. (Autor)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2023.
Colección:Music in American life
Acceso en línea:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3729461
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  • Prelude
  • The origins of the American Federation of Musicians and its place in the history of organized labor
  • The formation of Black AFM Locals, 1897-1927
  • Early Black Locals : three case studies
  • From the glories of the '20s to the despair of the '30s
  • The 1940s : change is in the wind
  • Leading the pack : the 1953 Los Angeles merger
  • Mergers from 1954 through 1966 : state labor laws and the Battle of Chicago
  • After Chicago
  • Coda.