There's Always Work at the Post Office: African American Postal Workers and the Fight for Jobs, Justice, and Equality
This book brings to life the important but neglected story of African American postal workers and the critical role they played in the U.S. labor and black freedom movements. Philip Rubio, a former postal worker, integrates civil rights, labor, and left movement histories that too often are written as if they happened separately. Centered on New York City and Washington, D.C., the book chronicles a struggle of national significance through its examination of the post office, a workplace with...
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Rubio, a former postal worker, brings to life the important but neglected story of African American postal workers and the critical role they played in the U.S. labor and black freedom movements. Having fought their way into postal positions and unions, black postal workers--often college-educated military veterans--became a critical force for social change. Centered on New York City and Washington, D.C., the book chronicles a struggle of national significance through its examination of the post office, a workplace with facilities and unions serving every city and town in the U.S.
ChronologyIntroduction 11 Who Worked at the Post Office (before 1940)? 162 Fighting Jim Crow at Home during World War II (1940-1946) 513 Black-Led Movement in the Early Cold War (1946-1950) 744 Fighting Jim Crow and McCarthyism (1947-1954) 995 Collapsing Jim Crow Postal Unionism in the 1950s (1954-1960) 1216 Interesting Convergences in the Early Sixties Post Office (1960-1963) 1487 Black Women in the 1960s Post Office and Postal Unions (1960-1969) 1718 Civil Rights Postal Unionism (1963-1966) 1919 Prelude to a Strike (1966-1970) 20710 The Great Postal Wildcat Strike of 1970 23311 Post-Strike (1970-1971) 262Epilogue 275Conclusion 286Notes 287Bibliography 409Index 433
