Title Red Seas : Ferdinand Smith and radical black sailors in the United States and Jamaica / Gerald Horne

Published New York : New York University Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 359 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction : Sailing from Jamaica -- Sailing the Red Seas -- Perilous waters -- The Black Ocean -- Few safe harbors -- Wind in their sails -- Storm signals -- Storm, at sea -- Walking the plank -- Black labor at sea -- Dropping anchor in Jamaica -- On the beach -- The final voyage of Ferdinand Smith -- Epilogue Summary During the heyday of the U.S. and international labor movements in the 1930's and 1940's, Ferdinand Smith, the Jamaican-born co-founder and second-in-command of the National Maritime Union (NMU), stands out as one of the most-if not the most-powerful black labor leaders in the United States. Smith's active membership in the Communist Party, however, coupled with his bold labor radicalism and shaky immigration status, brought him under continual surveillance by U.S. authorities, especially during the Red Scare in the 1950's. Smith was eventually deported to his homeland of Jamaica, where he Analysis 20th Afro-Caribbean Communist Ferdinand Smith activism biography black century dimensions first labor leader left light political race radicalism shed which Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-332) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Smith, Ferdinand SUBJECT Smith, Ferdinand fast Subject National Maritime Union of America -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT National Maritime Union of America fast Subject Labor leaders -- United States -- Biography African American communists -- Biography Jamaican Americans -- Biography Labor leaders -- Jamaica -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. African American communists Jamaican Americans Labor leaders Jamaica United States Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2004029622 ISBN 9781429414173 1429414170 9780814736685 0814736688 0814744540 9780814744543

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