Description
Book SynopsisTrade 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 ContentsAcknowledgments
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
