"An absolute must for students....Best addresses black worker's economic plight and places the quest for equal justice in a broader context."--Linda Reed, University of Houston-University Park"Fine book! Complete and well written."--Michael Kazin, Stanford University"An excellent text. I have nothing but superlatives."--Alonzo Smith, University of Nebraska"Bound to achieve first rank in soberly demonstrating the primacy of race in the impoverishment of black Americans....penetrating, sound, and absorbing."--Robert L. Harris, Jr.,Cornell University"An absolute must for students....Best addresses black worker's economic plight and places the quest for equal justice in a broader context."--Linda Reed, University of Houston-University Park"Fine book! Complete and well written."--Michael Kazin, Stanford University"An excellent text. I have nothing but superlatives."--Alonzo Smith, University of Nebraska"Bound to achieve first rank in soberly demonstrating the primacy of race in the impoverishment of black Americans....penetrating, sound, and absorbing."--Robert L. Harris, Jr.,Cornell University