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Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America

By (author) Joe William Trotter, Jr.

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""An eloquent and essential correction to contemporary discussions of the American working class.""â€”The Nation From the ongoing issues of poverty, health, housing, and employment to the recent upsurge of lethal police-community relations, the black working class stands at the center of perceptions of social and racial conflict today. Journalists and public policy analysts often discuss the black poor as â€œconsumersâ€ rather than â€œproducers,â€ as â€œtakersâ€ rather than â€œgivers,â€ and as â€œliabilitiesâ€ instead of â€œassets.â€ Â In his engrossing history, Workers on Arrival, Joe William Trotter, Jr., refutes these perceptions by charting the black working classâ€™s vast contributions to the making of America. Covering the last four hundred years since Africans were first brought to Virginia in 1619, Trotter traces the complicated journey of black workersÂ from the transatlantic slave trade to the demise of the industrial order in the twenty-firstÂ century. At the center of this compelling, fast-paced narrative are the actual experiences of these African American men and women. A dynamic and vital history of remarkable contributions despite repeated setbacks,Â Workers on ArrivalÂ expands our understanding of Americaâ€™s economic and industrial growth, its cities, ideas, and institutions, and the real challenges confronting black urban communities today.