Race, Labor, and Civil Rights: Griggs versus Duke Power and the Struggle for Equal Employment Opportunity

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Race, Labor, and Civil Rights Making the Modern South David Goldfield, Series Editor Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge RACE LABOR& CIVIL RIGHTS ROBERT SAMUEL SMITH Griggs versus Duke Power and the Struggle for Equal Employment Opportunity Published by Louisiana State University Press Copyright © 2008 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing Designer: Michelle A. Neustrom Typefaces: Whitman, Swiss 721 BT Printer and binder: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, Robert Samuel, 1969– Race, labor, and civil rights : Griggs versus Duke Power and the struggle for equal employment opportunity / Robert Samuel Smith. p. cm.—(Making the Modern South) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8071-3363-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Discrimination in employment—Law and legislation—United States. 2. African Americans—Civil rights—United States. I. Title KF3464.S59 2008 344.7301'133—dc22 2008034093 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. � � The relationship of the Negro to the worker cannot be summed up, nor even greatly illuminated, by saying that their aims are one. It is true only insofar as they both desire better working conditions and useful only insofar as they unite their strength as workers to achieve these ends. Further that this we cannot honestly go. James Baldwin This page intentionally left blank ...