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“This work shines light on a little known and understood chapter of the American Federation of Musicians’ Unions. It explores the creation by Black musicians, history of, and eventual collapse of dual unionism through the amalgamation of separate African American and white organizations. This was a complicated matter lasting some sixty-plus years and author Miller skillfully shows both the benefits and pitfalls of this development.”--David Keller, author of The Blue Note: Seattle’s Black Musicians’ Union, A Pictorial History, distributed by Washington State University Press

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Prelude

Chapter 2. The Origins of the American Federation of Musicians and Its Place in the History of Organized Labor

Chapter 3. The Formation of Black AFM Locals, 1897–1927

Chapter 4. Early Black Locals: Three Case Studies

Chapter 5. From the Glories of the ’20s to the Despair of the ’30s

Chapter 6. The 1940s: Change Is in the Wind

Chapter 7. Leading the Pack: The 1953 Los Angeles Merger

Chapter 8. Mergers from 1954 through 1966: State Labor Laws and the Battle of Chicago

Chapter 9. After Chicago

Chapter 10. Coda

Notes

References

Index

Union Divided Black Musicians Fight for Labor

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/02/2024
      ISBN13: 9780252045561, 978-0252045561
      ISBN10: 0252045564
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      “This work shines light on a little known and understood chapter of the American Federation of Musicians’ Unions. It explores the creation by Black musicians, history of, and eventual collapse of dual unionism through the amalgamation of separate African American and white organizations. This was a complicated matter lasting some sixty-plus years and author Miller skillfully shows both the benefits and pitfalls of this development.”--David Keller, author of The Blue Note: Seattle’s Black Musicians’ Union, A Pictorial History, distributed by Washington State University Press

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments

      Abbreviations

      Chapter 1. Prelude

      Chapter 2. The Origins of the American Federation of Musicians and Its Place in the History of Organized Labor

      Chapter 3. The Formation of Black AFM Locals, 1897–1927

      Chapter 4. Early Black Locals: Three Case Studies

      Chapter 5. From the Glories of the ’20s to the Despair of the ’30s

      Chapter 6. The 1940s: Change Is in the Wind

      Chapter 7. Leading the Pack: The 1953 Los Angeles Merger

      Chapter 8. Mergers from 1954 through 1966: State Labor Laws and the Battle of Chicago

      Chapter 9. After Chicago

      Chapter 10. Coda

      Notes

      References

      Index

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