Bøker av James J. Lorence

Highlights Clinton Jencks's dramatic influence on the history of labour culture in the American Southwest through a lifetime devoted to progress and change for the social good.

In Georgia during the Great Depression, jobless workers united with the urban poor, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers. In a collective effort that cut across race and class boundaries, they confronted an unresponsive political and social system and helped shape government policies. This book lets us understand the movement.

Balances Don West's literary work with political and educational activities, placing West's poetry in the context of his fight for social justice and racial equality. This book explores West's early involvement in organizing miners and other workers for the Socialist and Communist Parties during the 1930s.