The organization of Negroes in the Knights of Labor, by S. H. Kessler.--Samuel Gompers and the Negro workers, 1886-1914, by B. Mandel.--Black workers and labor unions in Birmingham, Alabama, 1897-1904, by P. B. Worthman.--Labor conflict and racial violence: the Black worker in Chicago,...

The Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor looks at the history of organized labor to see where it came from and where it has been. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, a glossary of terms, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400...