To what degree did the emergence of a large union movement in the middle decades of the 20th century advance the civil rights and general economic well-being of African-Americans and Latina/os during those same decades. To what extent did these new unions

History 167cb Capitalism and Class

Instructor: Nelson Lichtenstein

Five Page Paper Due February 28, 2022

Write a five-page paper seeking to answer the following questions.

1.To what degree did the emergence of a large union movement in the middle decades of the 20th century advance the civil rights and general economic well-being of African-Americans and Latina/os during those same decades. To what extent did these new unions and the new laws that helped sustain them prove problematic for the civil rights movement; and conversely, to what degree did the emergence of a powerful “rights consciousness” in the 1960s and afterward diminish the appeal of trade unionism and collective bargaining? Consider the nature of the Wagner-era labor law and also that of the civil rights laws enacted in the 1960s.

Create an argument and back it up with examples from the readings and the lectures. Use more than one source from the various assigned readings. The paper is due on Gauchospace at 11 p.m. on February 25. Double space and put footnotes at the bottom of the paper.

A successful essay demonstrates an understanding of the arguments put forward by the author of the books and essays you have read and chosen to cite. But avoid long quotations and instead use example and narrative, mainly in your own words, to explain the meaning of the historians or historical figures you have read. And of course, if you think the authors or sources disagree on some points, tell us that as well. Indeed, understanding such conflicts of interpretation should make for a very good essay.

Do not use social science notation! Instead use the kind of footnotes or endnotes that the author of State of the Union deploys.