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Author:

Goldberg, David A., 1972- author.

Title:

Black firefighters and the FDNY : the struggle for jobs, justice, and equity in New York City / David Goldberg.

Publisher:

The University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

x, 409 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

New York (N.Y.).--Fire Department--History--20th century.
New York (N.Y.).--Vulcan Society--Vulcan Society--History--20th century.
African American fire fighters--History--New York--New York--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Fire departments--New York--New York--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The early origins of ethnic insularity and racial exclusion in the New York City Fire Department -- The bravest of the brave : New York's first generation of black firefighters, 1898-1934 -- Fighting a good fight : the formation of the Vulcan Society, 1932-1945 -- Postwar civic and civil rights unionism : the Vulcan Society's golden age, 1946-1963 -- A black face in a high place, fire commissioner Robert O. Lowery : reform, retrenchment, and the limitations of racial liberalism -- From black power to class action : the International Association of Black Professional Firefighters and the rise of fire department discrimination litigation -- The last bastion of white male privilege : race, gender, and the FDNY, 1977-1999 -- Free at last? Black firefighters and the FDNY in the twenty-first century.

Series:

Justice, power, and politics

ISBN:

1469633620
9781469633626

OCLC:

(OCoLC)975933516

LCCN:

2017026942

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)