Strong in the Struggle: My Life as a Black Labor Activist

by Lee Brown and Robert L. Allen

Book Overview

In the 1950s the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee launched a ruthless smear campaign and outright attack against hundreds of labor leaders, teachers, leftists, Communists, civil servants, filmmakers, civil rights activists, and many others it accused of conspiring to overthrow the government. On the basis of little or no evidence individuals were dragged before HUAC and harassed and threatened. Many lost their jobs or were jailed if...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847691918
• ISBN13: 9780847691913
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"