Brotherhoods of color : black railroad workers and the struggle for equality / Eric Arnesen.

The wages of whiteness : race and the making of the American working class / David R. Roediger.

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Race discrimination - United States - History

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Brotherhoods of color : black railroad workers and the struggle for equality / Eric Arnesen.

The wages of whiteness : race and the making of the American working class / David R. Roediger.