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For Jobs and Freedom
- Race and Labor in America Since 1865
- De: Robert H. Zieger
- Narrado por: Wayne M. Lane
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
For Jobs and Freedom: Race and Labor in America since 1865 describes the African American struggle to obtain equal rights in the workplace and organized labor's response to their demands. Award-winning historian Robert H. Zieger asserts that the promise of jobs was similar to the 40-acres-and-a-mule restitution pledged to African Americans during the Reconstruction era. The inconsistencies between rhetoric and action encouraged workers, both men and women, to organize themselves into unions to fight against unfair hiring practices and workplace discrimination.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Sobering Account of Labor and Race in American
- De Capt. Greg en 06-04-22
- For Jobs and Freedom
- Race and Labor in America Since 1865
- De: Robert H. Zieger
- Narrado por: Wayne M. Lane
A Sobering Account of Labor and Race in American
Revisado: 06-04-22
This is book is a great read. It is a sobering reality of the bigotry that attempted to exploit and disenfranchise African Americans. As an historical account of race and labor in America since 1865, it is a bitter sweet account of the subversiveness of bigotry and the resilience of the African American leaders. The resilience demonstrated then is much needed now as new generation emerges to take advantage of gains made on their behalf.
Narrator Wayne M. Lane does an exceptional job of keeping the listener’s attention as he captures the passion of the author’s intent for writing this work. As such it is a must read by all Americans today. It provides a look at where we have been and the direction we must take as a nation. For those who don’t study history are prone to repeat it.
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Delta Fragments: The Recollections of a Sharecropper’s Son
- De: John O. Hodges
- Narrado por: Wayne M. Lane
- Duración: 6 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
The son of Black sharecroppers, John Oliver Hodges attended segregated schools in Greenwood, Mississippi, in the 1950s and '60s, worked in plantation cotton fields, and eventually left the region to earn multiple degrees and become a tenured university professor. Both poignant and thought provoking, Delta Fragments is Hodges’ autobiographical journey back to the land of his birth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book and history lesson!
- De Doris Moore en 10-24-21
The unveiling of a lost culture.
Revisado: 04-23-20
Dr. John O. Hodges’ recollections of a Sharecropper’s son bares a remarkable resemblance to my own upbringing even though I was a product of the sixties and seventies. As part 2 unfolded, I couldn’t help but think that he was describing a part of African American history and culture that has been forgotten and taken for granted. Yet, it is vital that we have an understanding of who we are and from whence we have come. Dr. Hodges does an exceptional job of unveiling a lost culture that puts into context what we are experiencing today. Wayne M. Lane’s narration does an outstanding job of bringing Dr. Hodges’ experiences to life.
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