Race and Labor

LABR

611

Race and Labor

This survey course critically examines the relationship between the labor movement and people of color in the United States, with particular emphasis on African Americans. Although the main focus is to understand the 21st century, there is also an emphasis on how the present situation has been shaped by earlier historical developments, from the end of the U.S. Civil War to the present. Special emphasis is placed on the decade of the 1930s, when the birth of Congress of Industrial Organizations provided millions of workers of color the opportunity to join the labor movement for the first time. The course also examines the impact of the civil rights movement on the labor movement, the history of the United Farm Workers, as well as more recent movements among workers of color and their relationship to the labor movement.

Fall, Spring

Graduate

Yes