From black power to prison power [electronic resource] : the making of Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union / Donald F. Tibbs.

By: Tibbs, Donald FContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary Black historyPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Edition: 1st edDescription: xviii, 260 pSubject(s): N.C. Prisoners' Labor Union -- Trials, litigation, etc | North Carolina. Dept. of Correction -- Trials, litigation, etc | African American prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc | Freedom of association -- United States | Labor unions -- Law and legislation -- United States | Black power -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 344.7303/565 LOC classification: KF228.N2 | T53 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
pt. 1. Foundations -- pt. 2. Formations -- pt. 3. Litigations.
Summary: "This book uses the landmark case Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union to examine the strategies of prison inmates using race and radicalism to inspire the formation of an inmate labor union. It thus rekindles the debate over the triumphs and troubles associated with the use of Black Power as a platform for influencing legal policy and effecting change for inmates. While the ideology of the prison rights movement was complex, it rested on the underlying principle that the right to organize, and engage in political dissidence, was not only a First Amendment right guaranteed to free blacks, but one that should be explicitly guaranteed to captive blacks--a point too often overlooked in previous analyses. Ultimately, this seminal case study not only illuminates the history of Black Power but that of the broader prisoners' rights movement as well"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Foundations -- pt. 2. Formations -- pt. 3. Litigations.

"This book uses the landmark case Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union to examine the strategies of prison inmates using race and radicalism to inspire the formation of an inmate labor union. It thus rekindles the debate over the triumphs and troubles associated with the use of Black Power as a platform for influencing legal policy and effecting change for inmates. While the ideology of the prison rights movement was complex, it rested on the underlying principle that the right to organize, and engage in political dissidence, was not only a First Amendment right guaranteed to free blacks, but one that should be explicitly guaranteed to captive blacks--a point too often overlooked in previous analyses. Ultimately, this seminal case study not only illuminates the history of Black Power but that of the broader prisoners' rights movement as well"-- Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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