League of Revolutionary Black Workers
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Black liberation organization
political organization
radical labor organization
socialist organization
The League of Revolutionary Black Workers was a radical, Detroit-based Black labor organization in the late 1960s and early 1970s that organized Black autoworkers and linked workplace struggles to broader Black liberation and socialist politics.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Black liberation organization
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political organization → radical labor organization → socialist organization → |
| activeIn |
early 1970s
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late 1960s → |
| country |
United States
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| dissolvedIn |
1970s
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| ethnicFocus |
African Americans
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| focus |
Black autoworkers
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Black liberation → workplace struggles → |
| formedFrom |
Revolutionary union movements in Detroit auto plants
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| goal |
Black self-determination
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socialist transformation of society → workers' control of production → |
| historicalContext |
deindustrialization in Detroit
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urban uprisings of the 1960s → |
| ideology |
Black nationalism
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Marxism → socialism → |
| knownFor |
Detroit auto industry organizing
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critique of mainstream unions → militant shop-floor organizing → revolutionary politics → |
| linked |
Black liberation to socialist politics
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labor struggles to Black liberation politics → workplace struggles to community struggles → |
| location |
Detroit, Michigan
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| movement |
Black Power movement
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civil rights movement → labor movement → |
| opposed |
bureaucratic union leadership
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capitalism → racism in the workplace → |
| organized |
Black workers in auto plants
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rank-and-file workers → wildcat strikes → |
| sector |
automobile industry
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industrial labor → |
| strategy |
political education of workers
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rank-and-file democracy → shop-floor direct action → |
| timePeriod |
20th century
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| viewedAs |
one of the most important Black labor organizations of the late 20th century
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Black Power movement
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hasKeyOrganization |
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James Forman
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memberOf |