''Adds much to our knowledge of the coping skills, resourcefulness, and militance of working-class blacks in an urban setting in the North. Especially interesting is how working-class blacks -- confronted by middle-class black antipathy, white working-class racism, and hostile white employers -- relied on southern culture and folkways to adapt, survive, and at times even prosper.'' -- Glenn Feldman, Labor History ''A valuable contribution to the historiography of the 'Great Migration' by providing insights into important though relatively neglected aspects of this popular movement... An important contribution to our understanding of localised, 'grass-roots' political activism in black communities. Moreover, most histories of the modern civil rights movement neglect to acknowledge the pre-Montgomery bus boycott origins of direct action, confrontational black politics; AlabamaNorth does much to amend this oversight.'' -- Craig Turnbull, Australasian Journal of American Studies ''A new synthesis that will offer a model for scholars of African-American migration for years to come.'' -- H-Urban (H-Net Reviews) ADVANCE PRAISE ''Kimberley Phillips's fine study ... will be of real value to scholars of African-American, labor, women's, and working-class history.''-Joe William Trotter, author of Black Milwaukee: The Making of an Industrial Proletariat, 1915- 45. ''Phillips weaves the multiple voices of her subjects into the broader tapestry of the African American experience... A model study of black urban and working- class history.'' - Eric Arnesen, author of Waterfront Workers of New Orleans
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