In this classic account, historian Philip Foner traces the radical history of Black workers' contribution to the American labor movement. “Foner's careful and detailed scholarship makes this the best one-volume study of blacks and the labor movement currently available.”—Black Scholar “This readable and authoritative work represents a significant contribution to the literature of black unionism in the United States.”—Joel Hettger, U.S. Department of Labor History, Library Journal Philip S. Foner (1910-1994) wrote and edited more than a hundred books. Robin D. G. Kelley is Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA.