A New Working Class by Jane Berger HARDBACK 9780812253450

A New Working Class\nby Jane Berger\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jane Berger\nTitle: A New Working Class\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History of the Americas\nPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9780812253450\nISBN-10: 0812253450\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nFor decades, civil rights activists fought against employment discrimination and for a greater role for African Americans in municipal decision-making. As their influence in city halls across the country increased, activists took advantage of the Great Society\u2014and the government jobs it created on the local level\u2014to advance their goals.\nA New Working Class traces efforts by Black public-sector workers and their unions to fight for racial and economic justic.