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In I They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada i , Cecil Foster argues that Canada's branch of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was instrumentally involved in forging a more equitable and inclusive nation. In the period covered by Foster, from World War I through the late 1960s, the civil rights movement in Canada had many similarities and notable differences with the one in the United States. Foster's I They Call Me George i is an important contribution to the historiography of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the civil rights movement in Canada. [Extracted from the article]

The legal strategy failed, as Judge Clark ruled in favor of the CIO and the ACLU and ruled that not only had Hague and his police acted illegally but also that the local ordinances from 1924, 1930, and 1935 were all unconstitutional. Donald R. Rogers sets out to provide a historiographical corrective by situating Hague and his legal battles with the Committee for Industrial Organization / Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) within the larger contexts of the era. Rogers argues, however, that "the grand economic, political, and legal realities of the 1930s [were] as much responsible for the CIO-Hague conflict as were the mayor's abuses and the CIO-ACLU efforts to stop him" (6). [Extracted from the article]

The article presents reviews of several books including "Visions of Progress: The Left-Liberal Tradition in America," by Doug Rossinow, "Race Against Liberalism: Black Workers and the UAW in Detroit," by David M. Lewis-Colman and "Labor in the New Urban Battlegrounds: Local Solidarity in a Global Economy," edited by Peter Evans, Lowell Turner and Daniel B. Cornfield.

The article reviews the books “Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes," by John Franch and "Chicago's Progressive Alliance: Labor and the Bid for Public Streetcars," by Georg Leidenberger.

The article reviews the book "Freedom Is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace," by Nancy MacLean.

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David T. Courtwright. Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World. Richard Davenport-Hines. The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics. Ch. Didier Gondola. The History of the Congo. Kenneth R. Bowling and Donald R. Kennon, eds. The House & Senate in the 1790s: Petitioning, Lobbying, and Institutional Development. Anne M. Boylan. The Origins of Women's Activism: New York and Boston, 1797–1840. Sherri Broder. Tramps, Unfit Mothers, and Neglected Children: Negotiating the Family in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia. Thomas E. Chávez. Spain and the Independence of the United States: An Intrinsic Gift. Christopher H. Evans and William R. Herzog II. The Faith of 50 Million: Baseball, Religion, and American Culture. Hugh E. Evans. The Hidden Campaign: FDR's Health and the 1944 Election. Max Evans. Madam Millie: Bordellos from Silver City to Ketchikan. Paul Foos. A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair: Soldiers and Social Conflict During the Mexican-American War. Michael J. 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A review is presented of the book "Fighting for Hope: African American Troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II & Postwar America," by Robert F. Jefferson.

Reviewed: Brotherhoods of Color: Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for Equality. Arnesen, Eric.

The article reviews the book "Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. The Supreme Court," by Jeff Shesol.

A review of the book "Men, Mobs, and Law: Anti-Lynching and Labor Defense in U.S. Radical History," by Rebecca N. Hill is presented.

The article reviews the book "Schools of Democracy: A Political History of the American Labor Movement," by Clayton Sinyai.

Reviews the book "Dock Workers: International Exploration in Comparative Labour History, 1790-1970," edited by Sam Davis, Colin J. Davis, David De Vries, Lex Heerma Van Voss, Lidewij Hesselink and Klaus Weinhauer.

Reviews the book "Once Upon a Time in New York: Jimmy Walker, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Last Great Battle of the Jazz Age," by Herbert Mitgang.

Reviews several books on labor history. "Bread and Work: The Experience of Unemployment 1918-1939," by Matt Perry; "Nonunion Employee Representation: History, Contemporary Practice and Policy," by Bruce E. Kaufman and Daphne Gottlieb; "The Works: The Industrial Architecture of the United States," by Betsy Hunter Bradley; "Civil Rights Since 1787: A Reader on the Black Struggle," by Jonathan Birnbaum and Clarence Taylor.

Reviews the book `Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-1965,' by Taylor Branch.