The ordeal of the jungle : race and the Chicago Federation of Labor, 1903-1922

Introduction: Methodology and the problem of race in American labor history -- "A deep, dark plot": race in the chicago labor movement, 1894-1905 -- "Every Negro can make a fight": race and the CFL campaign, 1916-1921 -- "Demoralized by its own weaknesses": the structural limits of federated unionism, 1916-1921 -- "Between two fires": white and black workers confront interracial unionism, 1916-1921 -- "Patience is no longer a virtue": the CFL and the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 -- "Boring from within": race and the decline of the CFL, 1919-1922 -- Conclusion: the past, present, and future of interracial unionism