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.

Black Americans and organized labor : a new history / Paul D. Moreno.

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Discrimination in employment - United States - History

Works from the collections

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.

Black Americans and organized labor : a new history / Paul D. Moreno.