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BLACK HISTORY IS ALSO AMERICA’S HISTORY: A READING LIST  
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AFL-CIO Staff
February 1, 2024
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_ And it’s America’s labor history, too. It’s coming together
to fight for freedom and justice. Our Civil, Human and Women’s
Rights Department has put together a list of recommended reading for
the month. _

, Source: Black Workers for Justice

 

This Black History Month, we at the AFL-CIO want to recognize that
Black history is not a _separate_ history; it’s not a single
month. BLACK HISTORY IS ALSO AMERICA’S HISTORY, and it’s
America’s labor history, too.

Black workers have always been a crucial part of the fight for justice
in the labor movement, from helping to organize the meatpacking
industry to the Pullman strike to the sanitation workers striking in
Memphis, Tennessee. 

So this month, we celebrate great labor leaders like A. PHILIP
RANDOLPH
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CANTY
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RUSTIN
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HOLT BAKER
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
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who won historic victories for Black working people.  

But Black history is not just the past—it’s also the present.
It’s also Black joy. It’s a celebration of culture and community.
It’s coming together to fight for freedom and justice. 

That’s why we’ll be celebrating a new generation of Black labor
leaders and activists as well, featuring workers from across the
country. AND IT’S WHY LABOR WILL ALWAYS BE ON THE FRONT LINES OF
FIGHTING AGAINST RACISM IN THE WORKPLACE AND SYSTEMIC RACISM AND
EXPLOITATION IN OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM. 

To that, our Civil, Human and Women’s Rights Department has put
together a list of recommended reading for the month—and we’re
making it easy for you to support Black authors and to buy union-made.
We’ve sourced each book and linked to some union bookstore choices
where you can order it online. 

* SOUTH TO AMERICA - IMANI PERRY
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* UNTIL I AM FREE: FANNIE LOU HAMER'S ENDURING MESSAGE TO AMERICA -
KEISHA BLAIN
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* WALKING THE WAY OF HARRIET TUBMAN: PUBLIC MYSTIC AND FREEDOM
FIGHTER - THERESE TAYLOR-STINSON
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* YOU MEAN IT OR YOU DON'T: JAMES BALDWIN'S RADICAL CHALLENGE -
JAMIE MCGHEE AND ADAM HOLLOWELL
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* BLACK FOLK: THE ROOTS OF THE BLACK WORKING CLASS - BLAIR KELLEY
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* STONY THE ROAD: RECONSTRUCTION, WHITE SUPREMACY, AND THE RISE OF
JIM CROW - HENRY LOUIS GATES JR.
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* TO SHAPE A NEW WORLD: ESSAYS ON THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR. - EDITED BY TOMMIE SHELBY AND BRANDON M. TERRY
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* THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS: THE EPIC STORY OF AMERICA'S GREAT
MIGRATION - ISABEL WILKERSON
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Please join the AFL-CIO in a month of lifting Black history and
culture: reading, celebrating, scholarship, conversation and much
more. 

* Black History
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* Labor History
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* History
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