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Kimble, Jr., Lionel. ""Picket lines were the front lines for Democracy": Black Veterans and Post- WWII Labor Protests" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Hyatt Regency, Buffalo, New York USA, <Not Available>. 2012-06-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p35787_index.html>

Kimble, Jr., L. ""Picket lines were the front lines for Democracy": Black Veterans and Post- WWII Labor Protests" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Hyatt Regency, Buffalo, New York USA <Not Available>. 2012-06-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p35787_index.html

Publication Type: Individual Paper Abstract: During the Second World War African Americans realized their presence was often unwelcome by whites in the expanding wartime workplace. After the war, militancy among former GIs for better employment sharply increased, as many vets believed that they were entitled to increased federal protection because they had answered America’s call to duty. For many within the working-class African American community, a better wage was synonymous with the "American dream" and some felt that picket lines all over the country were the front lines for democracy. This paper examines the racial dynamics in Chicago were reshaped in the American workplace by the return of black veterans. For many of these veterans, the activities they participated in during the years following World War II demonstrated their refusal to return to the status of second-class citizen in African American community of Chicago’s Southside from the foxholes of Europe and the Pacific. The paper examines both organized and unorganized labor protest by World War II vets as well as the impact these protest actions held in shaping postwar employment opportunities. This study of labor militancy and civil rights in Chicago adds to the history of workers’ activism in Chicago. By focusing on the lives and labors of African Americans, this project will add to and illuminate the important aspect of the wartime story of black Chicago that is still being overlooked by historians of African American labor.

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