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James Haughton during a news conference in 1979.

 

Photograph:

John Sotomayor/The New York Times

 

James Haughton, Who Fought Racial Barriers in Building Trades, Dies at 86

NYT

MAY 5, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/nyregion/
james-haughton-who-fought-racial-barriers-in-building-trades-dies-at-86.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Haughton Jr.    1929-2016

 

civil rights advocate

who aggressively

challenged

racial barriers to hiring

at construction sites

in the 1960s and ’70s

and promoted

programs to train

black and Hispanic

apprentices

in the building trades

 

(...)

 

Mr. Haughton,

a construction worker’s son,

was best known for breaking

with more moderate proponents

of equal opportunity

in hiring and housing

to form what became

known in 1969

as Fight Back,

a group based in Harlem.

 

Fight Back

documented

discrimination;

staged boycotts,

protests

and sit-down strikes;

and filed lawsuits

(sometimes

with Columbia University’s

Center on Social Welfare

Policy and Law)

against

contractors and unions

that were closed

to newcomers,

a consequence,

the group said,

of nepotism and racism.

 

Fight Back

also provided counseling

and placement services

when jobs became available.

 

In 1972,

racial minorities

made up

more than a third

of New York City’s

population

but accounted for

only about 2 percent

of union members

in skilled

construction jobs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/nyregion/
james-haughton-who-fought-racial-barriers-in-building-trades-dies-at-86.html

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/nyregion/
james-haughton-who-fought-racial-barriers-in-building-trades-dies-at-86.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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