{"product_id":"working-for-equality-the-narrative-of-harry-hudson-hardcover","title":"Working for Equality: The Narrative of Harry Hudson - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarry Hudson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRandall L. Patton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When I went to work for Lockheed-Georgia Company in September of 1952 I had no idea that this would end up being my life's work.\" With these words, Harry Hudson, the first African American supervisor at Lockheed Aircraft's Georgia facility, begins his account of a thirty-six-year career that spanned the postwar civil rights movement and the Cold War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHudson was not a civil rights activist, yet he knew he was helping to break down racial barriers that had long confined African Americans to lower-skilled, nonsupervisory jobs. His previously unpublished memoir is an inside account of both the racial integration of corporate America and the struggles common to anyone climbing the postwar corporate ladder. At Lockheed-Georgia, Hudson went on to become the first black supervisor to manage an integrated crew and then the first black purchasing agent. There were other \"firsts\" along the path to these achievements, and \u003ci\u003eWorking for Equality\u003c\/i\u003e is rich in details of Hudson's work on the assembly line and in the back office. In both circumstances, he contended with being not only a black man but a light-skinned black man as he dealt with production goals, personnel disputes, and other workday challenges. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRandall Patton's introduction places Hudson's story within the broader struggle of workplace desegregation in America. Although Hudson is frank about his experiences in a predominantly white workforce, Patton notes that he remained \"an organization man\" who \"expressed pride in his contributions to Lockheed  and] the nation's defense effort.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Hudson (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e HARRY HUDSON was the first African American supervisor at the Lockheed-Georgia plant in 1953. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandall L. Patton (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e RANDALL L. PATTON\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of history at Kennesaw State University. He is coauthor, with David B. Parker, of \u003ci\u003eCarpet Capital: The Rise of a New South Industry\u003c\/i\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eShaw Industries: A History\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003eWorking for Equality: The Narrative of Harry Hudson \u003c\/i\u003e(all Georgia). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757870055712,"sku":"9780820348001","price":79.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ff512af7aee2382819141b0f00ca67ef.webp?v=1780113639","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/working-for-equality-the-narrative-of-harry-hudson-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}