Railroads in the African American Experience: A Photographic Journey
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (634 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801891620 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 568 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Together, the evocative images and the complementary essays supply a comprehensive and powerful survey of the social, cultural, political, and economic influence of African Americans on railroads and of railroads on the black community. The connections between railroads and African Americans extend well beyond employment. Kornweibel’s visual presentation of this rich history brings to life the hundreds of thousands of blacks who toiled for decades on America’s great rail systems. With almost 200 imagesmany never before publishedTheodore Kornweibel, Jr., examines the significant contributions of African Americans to the building, maintenance, operation, and profitability of the American railway system. For over a century, railroading provided the most important industrial occupation for blacks. Each chapter of text focuses on a different occupation or railroading experience, some peculiar to blacks. Few today recall the importance of blacks to the American railroad industry, even though most black families have railroading ancestors. The history of American railro
Theodore Kornweibel, Jr., is a professor emeritus in African American history at San Diego State University and author of Investigate Everything: Federal Efforts to Compel Black Loyalty during World War I; Seeing Red: Federal Campaigns against Black Militancy, 1919–1925; and No Crystal Stair: Black Life and the Messenger , 1917–1928.
Giggie Journal of Southern History)"Reading this book was a real eye opener and Theodore Kornweibel is to be commended for his exhaustive research and excellent presentation." (David J. Philip Randolph and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters may not get the same play as, say, Rosa Parks, but they were no less important in the Civil Rights struggle. Hansen Railroad History)" Railroads in the African American Experience is worth a trip to your local independent book store This inspirational masterpiece is about survival, overcoming adversity, and the triumph of the human spirit." (Samuel Augustus Jennings RAIL Magazine)"A. And that just might be the point. This handsome volume implicitly makes that point Kornweibel writes with the meticulous sweep of a historian, and hundreds of amazing photographs and related ephemera help tell the story." (John Lewis Baltimore Magazine)"Kornweibel’s prose and pictures bring to life the generations o
Four Stars Stephen Shepard Very accurate documentation of history.. Paul Tognetti said An extremely important addition to the literature on the African-American experience in America.. Theodore Kornweibel Jr. has had a fascination with railroads all of this life. While studying for his PhD in African-American Studies at Yale in the late 1960's Korneweibel worked as a volunteer gandy dancer (track maintainance worker) on a small tourist railroad in eastern Connecticut. This experience sparked his lifelong interest in railroading. Kornweibel went on to become a distinguished professor of African-American Studies at San Diego State University and is the author of several books as well. In his spare time he volunteered at . "A Learning Experience" according to annie. When I first received this book, I simply couldn't resist going through the entire book looking at all the photographs and reading about them. You can learn a lot by doing this, but don't stop there. This is an incredible book about African Americans and the railroads, unlike anything I have ever seen before. The author has gathered more than 200 rare photos and written a book that you won't be able to put down.I have to admit that I knew very little about this subject. I am afraid our American History classes did not cover this subject