Thompson Fullilove Mindy Homeboy Came to Orange: A Story of People`s Power 9781613320327

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Автор: Thompson Fullilove Mindy
Название: Homeboy Came to Orange: A Story of People`s Power
ISBN: 9781613320327
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Биографии исторических, политических и военных деятелей

Социальная дискриминация и неравенство

Исследования азиатских и африканских этнических групп

Производственные отношения

ISBN-10: 1613320329
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 256
Вес: 0.27 кг.
Дата издания: 01.05.2018
Язык: English
Размер: 216 x 140 x 13
Подзаголовок: A story of people`s power
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: The story of a union organizer who found a second career in community organizing and helped a Jim Crow city become a better place.

Ernest Thompson dedicated his life to organizing the powerless. This lively, illustrated personal narrative of his work shows the great contribution that peoples coalitions can make to the struggle for equality and freedom. Thompson cut his teeth organizing one of the great industrial unions, the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, and brought his organizing skills and commitment to coalition building to Orange, New Jersey. He built a strong organization and skillfully led fights for school desegregation, black political representation, and strong government in a city he initially thought of as a dirty Jim Crow town going nowhere. Thompson came to love the City of Orange and its caring citizens, seeing in its struggles a microcosm of America. This story of peoples power is meant for all who struggle for human rights, economic opportunity, decent housing, effective education, and a chance for children to have a better life.

Ernest Thompson (1906-1971) grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, on a farm that had been given to his family at the end of the Civil War. The family was very poor and oppressed by racist practices. Thompson was determined to get away and to obtain power. He migrated to Jersey City, where he became part of the union organizing movement that built the Congress of Industrial Unions (CIO). He became the first African American to hold a fulltime organizing position with his union, the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). He eventually headed UEs innovative Fair Employment Practices program and fought for equal rights and pay for women and minority workers. Thompson also helped build the National Negro Labor Council, 1951-1956, and served as its director of organizing. In 1956, under the onslaught of the McCarthy era, UE was split in two, and Thompson lost his job. His wife, Margaret Thompson, brought the local school segregation to his attention. Ernie Home Thompson organized to desegregate the regional schools, building strong coalitions and political power for the black community that ultimately served all the people of Orange.
Дополнительное описание: Industrial relations, occupational health and safety|Memoirs

Homeboy Came to Orange: A Story of People`s Power, Thompson Fullilove Mindy