From Black power to prison power : the making of Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union /

From Black power to prison power : the making of Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union /

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Author / Creator:	Tibbs, Donald F.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, ©2012.
Description:	xviii, 260 pages ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Contemporary Black History Contemporary Black history.
Subject:	N.C. Prisoners' Labor Union -- Trials, litigation, etc. North Carolina. -- Dept. of Correction -- Trials, litigation, etc. N.C. Prisoners' Labor Union. North Carolina. -- Department of Correction. African American prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc. Freedom of association -- United States. Labor unions -- Law and legislation -- United States. Black power -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century. Black power. Freedom of association. Labor unions -- Law and legislation. Trials. North Carolina. United States. History.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8559443

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ISBN:	9780230340169 (hardback) 0230340164 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book uses the landmark case Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union to examine the strategies of prison inmates using race and radicalism to inspire the formation of an inmate labor union. It thus rekindles the debate over the triumphs and troubles associated with the use of Black Power as a platform for influencing legal policy and effecting change for inmates. While the ideology of the prison rights movement was complex, it rested on the underlying principle that the right to organize, and engage in political dissidence, was not only a First Amendment right guaranteed to free blacks, but one that should be explicitly guaranteed to captive blacks--a point too often overlooked in previous analyses. Ultimately, this seminal case study not only illuminates the history of Black Power but that of the broader prisoners' rights movement as well"--Provided by publisher.

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