Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I BECOMING THE UNION
6. 1. Mophead 9
7. 2. Yes, Yes, No 26
8. 3. Custodians—That’s All You’ll Ever Be 57
9. 4. We Meet the Enemy and It Is Us 83
10. 5. Frankie McCoy 111
11. 6. Blackness on the Cornell Plantation 131
12. 7. Noah’s Amalgamated Ark 139
13. Part II PUTTING POWER BEHIND OUR TRUTH
14. 8. Figuring It Out 151
15. 9. “Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee” 158
16. 10. Sustaining Struggle: Building the Union during the Off-Season 178
17. 11. From Grassroots Up to Grassroots Out 198
18. 12. In the Shadow of the Tower 218
19. Epilogue 231
20. Afterword 235
21. Acknowledgments 239