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008			170607s2017 ncua b s001 0 eng
010			_a 2017026942
020			_a9781469633626 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_z9781469633633 (ebook)
042			_apcc
043			_an-us-ny
040			_aNcU/DLC _beng _erda _cNcU _dDLC
050	0	0	_aTH9505.N5 _bG63 2017
082	0	0	_a331.6/39607307471 _223
100	1		_aGoldberg, David A., _d1972-
245	1	0	_aBlack firefighters and the FDNY : _bthe struggle for jobs, justice, and equity in New York City / _cDavid Goldberg.
264		1	_aChapel Hill : _bThe University of North Carolina Press, _c[2017]
300			_ax, 409 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aJustice, power, and politics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe early origins of ethnic insularity and racial exclusion in the New York City Fire Department -- The bravest of the brave : New York's first generation of black firefighters, 1898-1934 -- Fighting a good fight : the formation of the Vulcan Society, 1932-1945 -- Postwar civic and civil rights unionism : the Vulcan Society's golden age, 1946-1963 -- A black face in a high place, fire commissioner Robert O. Lowery : reform, retrenchment, and the limitations of racial liberalism -- From black power to class action : the International Association of Black Professional Firefighters and the rise of fire department discrimination litigation -- The last bastion of white male privilege : race, gender, and the FDNY, 1977-1999 -- Free at last? Black firefighters and the FDNY in the twenty-first century.
650		0	_aAfrican American fire fighters _xEmployment _zNew York (State) _zNew York _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xCivil rights _zNew York (State) _zNew York _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aFire departments _zNew York (State) _zNew York _xHistory _y20th century.
610	1	0	_aNew York (N.Y.). _bFire Department _xHistory _y20th century.
610	1	0	_aNew York (N.Y.). _bFire Department. _bVulcan Society _xHistory _y20th century.
830		0	_aJustice, power, and politics.
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