Negro American Labor Council

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The Negro American Labor Council was a civil rights–oriented labor organization that fought racial discrimination within American trade unions and workplaces during the mid-20th century.

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Negro American Labor Council canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights organization ⓘ
labor organization ⓘ
activeIn 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
advocatedFor anti-discrimination clauses in labor contracts ⓘ
desegregation of workplaces ⓘ
fair hiring practices ⓘ
greater representation of Black workers in unions ⓘ
aimedAt improving working conditions for African Americans ⓘ
increasing Black participation in organized labor ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
ethnicFocus African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
field civil rights movement ⓘ
labor rights ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
focus elimination of discriminatory practices in hiring ⓘ
elimination of discriminatory practices in promotion ⓘ
elimination of discriminatory practices in union membership ⓘ
equal employment opportunity ⓘ
integration of African Americans into labor unions ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Black-led ⓘ
civil rights–oriented ⓘ
reformist ⓘ
historicalContext Jim Crow era and its aftermath ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws

post–World War II United States ⓘ
ideology civil rights advocacy ⓘ
trade union reform ⓘ
location United States ⓘ
movement African-American civil rights movement ⓘ
opposed employment discrimination ⓘ
racial discrimination in labor unions ⓘ
opposedBy segregationist elements in American labor unions ⓘ
opposedPractice discriminatory apprenticeship programs ⓘ
job segregation by race ⓘ
racial exclusion from union membership rolls ⓘ
purpose fight racial discrimination in American trade unions ⓘ
fight racial discrimination in American workplaces ⓘ
sector civil rights sector ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ
socialIssue economic inequality affecting African Americans ⓘ
racial segregation in employment ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
workedWith civil rights organizations in the United States ⓘ
labor unions in the United States ⓘ

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A. Philip Randolph → coFounded → Negro American Labor Council ⓘ