TY - JOUR AU - Bauman, Robert AB - 1724 Reviews of Books Somewhat oddly, he finds Chicago labor and the CFL The middle-class, urban, and east coast orientation successful in meeting the challenges of the prosperity of the NUL and the NAACP, Araiza argues, prevented decade and assuming firm control of their destiny de- particularly close alliances between those organizations spite defeats in Chicago’s two dominant industries, and the UFW. The NUL and the NAACP, for the most steel and meatpacking. The triteness of Newton-Mat- part, limited their support of the UFW to letter-writing za’s conclusions is best reflected in his own words: “The campaigns and occasional statements of support, but 1920s were not ‘lean years’ any more than the 1930s rarely were involved directly in the UFW’s strikes or were ‘turbulent,’” he writes. “The decade of the 1920s boycotts. On the whole, though, of the two national or- was just another period in time, and . . . this decade had ganizations, the NUL showed more support of the much to celebrate” (p. 168). To which he adds, “these UFW grape boycott, in part because of their better rap- were years packed with exciting challenges, colorful port with labor unions. Also, the West Coast regional characters, TI - Lauren Araiza. To March for Others: The Black Freedom Struggle and the United Farm Workers. JF - The American Historical Review DO - 10.1093/ahr/119.5.1724 DA - 2014-12-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/lauren-araiza-to-march-for-others-the-black-freedom-struggle-and-the-o3SvUiYJAx SP - 1724 EP - 1725 VL - 119 IS - 5 DP - DeepDyve ER -