David Goldberg is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Wayne State University. Trevor Griffey is a PhD candidate in U.S. History at the University of Washington.

Black Power at Work is an invaluable resource. Through the articles assembled by the two editors, the reader is introduced to an entirely different side of both the Black Freedom Movement and organized labor.... It is a powerful examination of a social movement that has often been overlooked due to a class bias on the part of many commentators. The leaders and members of these militant organizations were, by and large, not from the middle stratum; they were not doctors, lawyers and ministers, but instead rank and file worker activists.- Bill FletcherJr. (ILR Review) Initially many readers might think this focus on construction jobs to be narrow, even parochial, but instead the book's contributors demonstrate how in just this one area Black Power proves far more complex and varied than traditional historiography, never mind the popular perception, has understood.(H-Net)

• Introduction: Constructing Black Powerby David Goldberg and Trevor Griffey1. "Revolution Has Come to Brooklyn": Construction Trades Protests and the Negro Revolt of 1963by Brian Purnell2. "The Laboratory of Democracy": Construction Industry Racism in Newark and the Limits of Liberalismby Julia Rabig3. "Work for Me Also Means Work for the Community I Come From": Black Contractors, Black Capitalism, and Affirmative Action in the Bay Areaby John J. Rosen4. Community Control of Construction, Independent Unionism, and the "Short Black Power Movement" in Detroitby David Goldberg5. "The Stone Wall Behind": The Chicago Coalition for United Community Action and Labor's Overseers, 1968–1973by Erik S. Gellman6. "The Blacks Should Not Be Administering the Philadelphia Plan": Nixon, the Hard Hats, and "Voluntary" Affirmative Actionby Trevor Griffey7. From Jobs to Power: The United Construction Workers Association and Title VII Community Organizing in the 1970sby Trevor GriffeyConclusion: White Male Identity Politics, the Building Trades, and the Future of American Laborby David Goldberg and Trevor GriffeyNotesAbout the ContributorsIndex

David Goldberg is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Wayne State University. Trevor Griffey is a PhD candidate in U.S. History at the University of Washington.

Black Power at Work is an invaluable resource. Through the articles assembled by the two editors, the reader is introduced to an entirely different side of both the Black Freedom Movement and organized labor.... It is a powerful examination of a social movement that has often been overlooked due to a class bias on the part of many commentators. The leaders and members of these militant organizations were, by and large, not from the middle stratum; they were not doctors, lawyers and ministers, but instead rank and file worker activists.- Bill FletcherJr. (ILR Review) Initially many readers might think this focus on construction jobs to be narrow, even parochial, but instead the book's contributors demonstrate how in just this one area Black Power proves far more complex and varied than traditional historiography, never mind the popular perception, has understood.(H-Net)

• Introduction: Constructing Black Powerby David Goldberg and Trevor Griffey1. "Revolution Has Come to Brooklyn": Construction Trades Protests and the Negro Revolt of 1963by Brian Purnell2. "The Laboratory of Democracy": Construction Industry Racism in Newark and the Limits of Liberalismby Julia Rabig3. "Work for Me Also Means Work for the Community I Come From": Black Contractors, Black Capitalism, and Affirmative Action in the Bay Areaby John J. Rosen4. Community Control of Construction, Independent Unionism, and the "Short Black Power Movement" in Detroitby David Goldberg5. "The Stone Wall Behind": The Chicago Coalition for United Community Action and Labor's Overseers, 1968–1973by Erik S. Gellman6. "The Blacks Should Not Be Administering the Philadelphia Plan": Nixon, the Hard Hats, and "Voluntary" Affirmative Actionby Trevor Griffey7. From Jobs to Power: The United Construction Workers Association and Title VII Community Organizing in the 1970sby Trevor GriffeyConclusion: White Male Identity Politics, the Building Trades, and the Future of American Laborby David Goldberg and Trevor GriffeyNotesAbout the ContributorsIndex

David Goldberg is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Wayne State University. Trevor Griffey is a PhD candidate in U.S. History at the University of Washington.

Black Power at Work is an invaluable resource. Through the articles assembled by the two editors, the reader is introduced to an entirely different side of both the Black Freedom Movement and organized labor.... It is a powerful examination of a social movement that has often been overlooked due to a class bias on the part of many commentators. The leaders and members of these militant organizations were, by and large, not from the middle stratum; they were not doctors, lawyers and ministers, but instead rank and file worker activists.- Bill FletcherJr. (ILR Review) Initially many readers might think this focus on construction jobs to be narrow, even parochial, but instead the book's contributors demonstrate how in just this one area Black Power proves far more complex and varied than traditional historiography, never mind the popular perception, has understood.(H-Net)

• Introduction: Constructing Black Powerby David Goldberg and Trevor Griffey1. "Revolution Has Come to Brooklyn": Construction Trades Protests and the Negro Revolt of 1963by Brian Purnell2. "The Laboratory of Democracy": Construction Industry Racism in Newark and the Limits of Liberalismby Julia Rabig3. "Work for Me Also Means Work for the Community I Come From": Black Contractors, Black Capitalism, and Affirmative Action in the Bay Areaby John J. Rosen4. Community Control of Construction, Independent Unionism, and the "Short Black Power Movement" in Detroitby David Goldberg5. "The Stone Wall Behind": The Chicago Coalition for United Community Action and Labor's Overseers, 1968–1973by Erik S. Gellman6. "The Blacks Should Not Be Administering the Philadelphia Plan": Nixon, the Hard Hats, and "Voluntary" Affirmative Actionby Trevor Griffey7. From Jobs to Power: The United Construction Workers Association and Title VII Community Organizing in the 1970sby Trevor GriffeyConclusion: White Male Identity Politics, the Building Trades, and the Future of American Laborby David Goldberg and Trevor GriffeyNotesAbout the ContributorsIndex