Kenny Riley and Black Union Labor Power in the Port of Charleston, Paperback / softback Book

Kenny Riley and Black Union Labor Power in the Port of Charleston Paperback / softback

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Their ancestors may have been cargo in the slave ships that arrived in Charleston, S.C.

Today, the scale has been rebalanced: black longshoremen run the port's cargo operation.

They are members of the International Longshoremen's Association, a powerful labor union, and Kenny Riley is the charismatic leader of the Charleston local. Riley combines commitment to the civil rights movement with the practicality to ensure that Charleston remains a principal East Coast port.

He emerged on the international stage in 2000, rallying union members worldwide to the defense of "The Charleston Five," longshoremen arrested after a confrontation with police turned violent.

This is Riley's story as well as a behind-the-scenes look at organized black labor in a Deep South port.

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