Red Seas: Ferdinand Smith and Radical Black Sailors in the United States and Jamaica

by Gerald Horne

Book Overview

During the heyday of the U.S. and international labor movements in the 1930s and 1940s, Ferdinand Smith, the Jamaican-born co-founder and second-in-command of the National Maritime Union (NMU), stands out as one of the most--if not the most--powerful black labor leaders in the United States. Smith's active membership in the Communist Party, however, coupled with his bold labor radicalism and shaky immigration status, brought him under continual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814737404
• ISBN13: 9780814737408
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.7"