Ferdinand Smith and Radical Black Sailors in the United States and Jamaica
by
Gerald Horne
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
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...