Jake Green National Maritime Union photographs [graphic]. 1943-1947.

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Jake Green National Maritime Union photographs [graphic]. 1943-1947.

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The photographs in this collection are all concerned with the National Maritime Union of America. They include images of the unions national conventions and officials, as well as of Maryland NMU officials and events. Individuals pictured include African-American labor union leaders Revels Cayton of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemens Union (ILWU), and Josh Lawrence, Hugh Mulzac, and Ferdinand Smith of the NMU, as well as NMU activists and officials Danny Boano, Eddie Gordon, Bill McCarthy, Bill Penman, Stanley Postek, and Patrick B. Whalen. Events covered include the Fairfield, Maryland launching of the SS Frederick Douglass (1943), the first merchant marine ship captained by an African-American (Hugh Mulzac), with an integrated crew.

10 photoprints : b&w ; 11 x 19 in. or smaller.

New-York Historical Society

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National Maritime Union

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The National Maritime Union (NMU) was an American labor union founded in May 1937 representing workers in the merchant marine. It affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in July 1937. After a failed merger with a different maritime group in 1988, the union merged with the Seafarers International Union of North America in 2001....

Smith, Ferdinand

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Boano, Danny

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McCarthy, Bill

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Gordon, Eddie

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Postek, Stanley, 1912-1990

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Drury, James.

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Green, Jake

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Jake Green was a member of the National Maritime Union (NMU). The NMU, founded in 1937, organized seamen and waterfront workers. During its first decade it was one of the most radical labor unions in the United States. It lent support to anti-colonial and international revolutionary struggles and was a pioneer in integrating the East Coast shipping industry. The Communist Party was a moving force behind the union during much of its early history. From the description of Jake Green Na...

Whalen, Patrick B.

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Penman, Bill

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Lawrence, Josh

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Frederick Douglass (Ship)

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Cayton, Revels

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Mulzac, Hugh, 1886-1971

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