"As a black Appalachian woman, Memphis Tennessee Garrison belonged to a demographic category triply ignored by historians. The daughter of former slaves, she moved to McDowell County, West Virginia, at an early age and died at ninety-eight in Huntington. The coalfields of McDowell County were among the richest seams in the nation. As Garrison makes clear, the backbone of the early mining work force-those who laid the railroad tracks, ma ..."
Coal, Class, and Color Blacks in Southern West Virginia, 1915-32 (Blacks in the New World) by Joe William Trotter Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-06119-6, ISBN: 0-252-06119-5
"From the rear cover of this 290 page book: "How were southern blacks transformed from rural agricultural workers into members of the industrial working class? Joe Williams Trotter, Jr., examines the unique experiences of black coal miners in southern West Virginia between World War I and the Great Depression, showing how the subtle interplay of race, class, and region altered black people's personal and collective existence. Proletarian ..."
Race and Renaissance(1st Edition) African Americans in Pittsburgh since World War II (John D.S. and Aida C. Truxall Books) by Joe William Trotter, Professor Jared N. Day Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-4391-4, ISBN: 0-8229-4391-3
BLACK MILWAUKEE(Reprint) The Making of an Industrial Proletariat, 1915-45 (Blacks in the New World) by Joe William Trotter Paperback, 302 Pages, Published 1988 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-06035-9, ISBN: 0-252-06035-0
" Other historians have tended to treat black urban life mainly in relation to the ghetto experience, but in Black Milwaukee, Joe William Trotter Jr. offers a new perspective that complements yet also goes well beyond that approach. The blacks in Black Milwaukee were not only ghetto dwellers; they were also industrial workers. The process by which they achieved this status is the subject of Trotter’s ground-breaking study. ..."
Black Milwaukee The Making of an Industrial Proletariat, 1915-45 (Blacks in the New World) by Joe William Trotter Hardcover, 302 Pages, Published 1985 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-01124-5, ISBN: 0-252-01124-4
Race and Renaissance African Americans in Pittsburgh since World War II by Jared N. Day, JoeW. Trotter 304 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-7755-1, ISBN: 0-8229-7755-9
"In addition, archival materials at the Senator H.John Heinz III Re- gional History
Center in Pittsburgh and at the Archives of Industrial Society at the University of
Pittsburgh proved significant. The staff of the H.John Heinz III Regional History
Center in Pittsburgh deserves special thanks not just for their assistance in
working through their ex- tensive collections but also for their sponsorship of the
Pittsburgh His- tory Rou ..."
"Thus begins Dona Irvin's account of leaving Houston in September 1942. Her
husband, Frank, was already in California and had taken a job in one of the
shipyards that had recently started to hire African Americans. Full of anticipation,
hoping for a better standard of living and freedom from southern Jim Crow
restrictions, the young family instead found Oakland very difficult. Housing was a
nightmare. Initially, they squeezed into a ..."
"Foreword Brent D. Glass, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Historical and
Museum Commission One of the central themes ... of our profession is the
recognition that the everyday lives of Americans reveal important historical
information that offers new ... work of a generation of historians to an audience
that usually is not reached through academic journals and magazines. Another
benefit of collecting these articles in a single publ ..."