My Wish Lists Login / Join

Union Divided : Black Musicians' Fight for Labor Equality - Leta E. Miller

Union Divided

Black Musicians' Fight for Labor Equality

By: Leta E. Miller

eBook | 6 February 2024

At a Glance

Format
ePUB

eBook

RRP $29.27

$23.99

18%OFF

Instant Digital Delivery to your Booktopia Reader App

An in-depth account of the Black locals within the American Federation of Musicians

In the 1910s and 1920s, Black musicians organized more than fifty independent locals within the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) in an attempt to control audition criteria, set competitive wages, and secure a voice in national decision-making. Leta Miller follows the AFM's history of Black locals, which competed directly with white locals in the same territories, from their origins and successes in the 1920s through Depression-era crises to the fraught process of dismantling segregated AFM organizations in the 1960s and 70s. Like any union, Black AFM locals sought to ensure employment and competitive wages for members with always-evolving solutions to problems. Miller's account of these efforts includes the voices of the musicians themselves and interviews with former union members who took part in the difficult integration of Black and white locals. She also analyzes the fundamental question of how musicians benefitted from membership in a labor organization.

Broad in scope and rich in detail, Union Divided illuminates the complex working world of unionized Black musicians and the AFM's journey to racial inclusion.

on

You Can Find This eBook In

Non-Fiction Arts & Entertainment Music Industry & Industrial Studies Media, Entertainment, Information & Communication Industries Music Industry Industrial Relations, Health & Safety Industrial Relations History Regional & National History History of the Americas

More in Music

Alien Rock : The Rock 'n' Roll Extraterrestrial Connection - Michael C. Luckman

eBOOK

Alien Rock

The Rock 'n' Roll Extraterrestrial Connection

eBook

RRP $27.49

$21.99

20%
OFF

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead : The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon - Crystal Zevon

eBOOK

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon

eBook

RRP $37.39

$29.99

20%
OFF

Threads : My Life Behind the Seams in the High-Stakes World of Fashion - Joseph Abboud

eBOOK

Threads

My Life Behind the Seams in the High-Stakes World of Fashion

eBook

RRP $24.19

$19.99

17%
OFF

The Road to Woodstock - Michael Lang

eBOOK

The Road to Woodstock

eBook

RRP $28.59

$22.99

20%
OFF

Parental Advisory : Music Censorship in America - Eric D. Nuzum

eBOOK

Parental Advisory

Music Censorship in America

eBook

RRP $28.59

$22.99

20%
OFF

Everybody Hurts : An Essential Guide to Emo Culture - Trevor Kelley

eBOOK

Everybody Hurts

An Essential Guide to Emo Culture

eBook

RRP $27.49

$21.99

20%
OFF

Embracing the Love of God : The Path & Promise of Christian Life - James Bryan Smith

eBOOK

Embracing the Love of God

The Path & Promise of Christian Life

eBook

RRP $28.59

$22.99

20%
OFF

Worlds of Sound : The Story of Smithsonian Folkways - Richard Carlin

eBOOK

Worlds of Sound

The Story of Smithsonian Folkways

eBook

RRP $27.49

$21.99

20%
OFF

Dirty Rocker Boys - Bobbie Brown

eBOOK

Dirty Rocker Boys

eBook

RRP $31.89

$25.99

19%
OFF

Me, the Mob, and the Music : One Helluva Ride with Tommy James and the Shondells - Tommy James

eBOOK

Me, the Mob, and the Music

One Helluva Ride with Tommy James and the Shondells

eBook

RRP $34.09

$27.99

18%
OFF

Through the Wire : The Words and Lyrics of Kanye West - Kanye West

eBOOK

Through the Wire

The Words and Lyrics of Kanye West

eBook

RRP $37.39

$29.99

20%
OFF

Outlaw : Waylon, Willie, Kris, and the Renegades of Nashville - Michael Streissguth

eBOOK

Outlaw

Waylon, Willie, Kris, and the Renegades of Nashville

eBook

RRP $37.39

$29.99

20%
OFF

Kentucky Traveler : My Life in Music - Ricky Skaggs

eBOOK

Kentucky Traveler

My Life in Music

eBook

RRP $28.59

$22.99

20%
OFF

Twee : The Gentle Revolution in Music, Books, Television, Fashion, and Film - Marc Spitz

eBOOK

Twee

The Gentle Revolution in Music, Books, Television, Fashion, and Film

eBook

RRP $28.59

$22.99

20%
OFF

Knowing the Score : Film Composers Talk About the Art, Craft, Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Writing for Cinema - David Morgan

eBOOK

Knowing the Score

Film Composers Talk About the Art, Craft, Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Writing for Cinema

eBook

RRP $28.59

$22.99

20%
OFF

Who Shot Ya? : Three Decades of HipHop Photography - Ernie Paniccioli

eBOOK

Who Shot Ya?

Three Decades of HipHop Photography

eBook

RRP $28.59

$22.99

20%
OFF

I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp : An Autobiography - Richard Hell

eBOOK

I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp

An Autobiography

eBook

RRP $37.39

$29.99

20%
OFF

Rumours of Glory : A Memoir - Bruce Cockburn

eBOOK

Rumours of Glory

A Memoir

eBook

RRP $29.69

$23.99

19%
OFF

The Dirty Version : On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard - Buddha Monk

eBOOK

The Dirty Version

On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard

eBook

RRP $28.59

$22.99

20%
OFF

Liberace Extravaganza! - Connie Furr Soloman

eBOOK

Liberace Extravaganza!

eBook

RRP $28.59

$22.99

20%
OFF

This Will End in Tears : The Miserabilist Guide to Music - Adam Brent Houghtaling

eBOOK

This Will End in Tears

The Miserabilist Guide to Music

eBook

RRP $28.59

$22.99

20%
OFF

But Enough About Me : How a Small-Town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet - Jancee Dunn

eBOOK

But Enough About Me

How a Small-Town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet

eBook

RRP $27.49

$21.99

20%
OFF

The Copa : Jules Podell and the Hottest Club North of Havana - Mickey Podell-Raber

eBOOK

The Copa

Jules Podell and the Hottest Club North of Havana

eBook

RRP $28.59

$22.99

20%
OFF

Before the Legend : The Rise of Bob Marley - Christopher John Farley

eBOOK

Before the Legend

The Rise of Bob Marley

eBook

RRP $28.59

$22.99

20%
OFF

This product is categorised by