| Description |
1 online resource (379 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface; Introduction; 1. Sailing the Red Seas; 2. Perilous Waters; 3. The Black Ocean; 4. Few Safe Harbors; 5. Wind in Their Sails; 6. Storm Signals; 7. Storm, at Sea; 8. Walking the Plank; 9. Black Labor at Sea; 10. Dropping Anchor in Jamaica; 11. On the Beach; 12. The Final Voyage of Ferdinand Smith; Epilogue; Notes; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
During the heyday of the U.S. and international labor movements in the 1930s and 1940s, 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 1950s. Smith was eventually deported to his homeland of Jamaica, where he contin |
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20th |
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Afro-Caribbean |
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Communist |
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Ferdinand |
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Smith |
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activism |
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biography |
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black |
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century |
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dimensions |
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first |
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labor |
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leader |
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left |
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light |
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political |
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race |
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radicalism |
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shed |
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which |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Smith, Ferdinand
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Smith, Ferdinand fast |
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National Maritime Union of America -- History -- 20th century
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National Maritime Union of America fast |
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Labor leaders -- Jamaica -- Biography
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Jamaican Americans -- Biography
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African American communists -- Biography
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Labor leaders -- United States -- Biography
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
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African American communists
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Jamaican Americans
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Labor leaders
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Jamaica
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814773345 |
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0814773346 |
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