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Black firefighters and the FDNY : the struggle for jobs, justice, and equity in New York City
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- Creator
- by David Goldberg
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
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- 1 online resource
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- ISBNs
- 1469633639, 1469633647, 9781469661469, 9781469633633, 9781469633640, 1469661462, 9781469633626, 1469633620, 9798890847928
- OCLC
- on1007291107, ocn975933516
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
Subjects
- New York (N.Y.). Fire Department -- History -- 20th century.
- New York (N.Y.). Fire Department. Vulcan Society -- History -- 20th century.
- African American fire fighters -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
- Fire departments -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.