Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Prologue: Foregrounding the Black Worker xvii
6. Part 1. Preindustrial Beginnings
7. Chapter 1. Genesis of the Black Working Class 1
8. Chapter 2. Building the Early Community 27
9. Chapter 3. Prelude to the Modern Age 47
10. Part 2. The Twentieth Century
11. Chapter 4. Th e Industrial Working Class 77
12. Chapter 5. African American Workers Organize 110
13. Chapter 6. Demolition of the Old Jim Crow Order 140
14. Chapter 7. Demise of the Industrial Working Class 161
15. Epilogue: Facing the New Global Capitalist Economy 179
16. Appendix: Interpreting the African American Working-Class Experience, an Essay on Sources 185
17. Notes 211
18. Index 279