PAYING THEIR DUES: BUFFALO S AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS UNION, LOCAL 533, A.F.M., 1917-1969. |
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McRae, Richard.
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1/1/96
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Journal
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Afro-Americans in New York Life and History
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20(1)p.7-85
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African American
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Recounts the 1917-69 history of the American Federation of Musicians union local 533 of Buffalo, New York, which was a separate local established by black musicians in the segregated union. The authortraces diverse aspects of local 533 s defense of black musicians interests in the workplace and in the community, explores the effects of segregation in the union, and weighs the advantages and disadvantagesbrought by the union s desegregation in 1969.
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