The Gospel of the Working Class
Labor's Southern Prophets in New Deal America
1st Edition
Published on 28. June 2011
248 pages
978-0-252-09333-3 (ISBN)
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In this exceptional dual biography and cultural history, Erik S. Gellman and Jarod Roll trace the influence of two southern activist preachers, one black and one white, who used their ministry to organize the working class in the 1930s and 1940s across lines of gender, race, and geography. Owen Whitfield and Claude Williams, along with their wives, Zella Whitfield and Joyce Williams, drew on their bedrock religious beliefs to stir ordinary men and women to demand social and economic justice in the eras of the Great Depression, New Deal, and Second World War._x000B__x000B_In chronicling the shifting contexts of the actions of Whitfield and Williams, The Gospel of the Working Class situates Christian theology within the struggles of some of America's most downtrodden workers, transforming the dominant narratives of the era and offering a fresh view of the promise and instability of religion and civil rights unionism.
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The Gospel of the Working Class
Labor's Southern Prophets in New Deal America
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Principal Characters
- Introduction: Brothers in the Fight for Freedom
- 1. Southern Strivings
- 2. Seeking the Kingdom of God
- November 5, 1936: Claude Williams preaches at Owen Whitfield's church, Crosno, Missouri
- 3. Prophets in the Storm
- April 27, 1040: Owen Whitfield Addresses the Third National Negro Congress, Washington, D.C.
- 4. Religion Applied
- Conclusion: Clods of Southern Earth
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
