Abbreviations
The following abbreviations and acronyms are used in the text. For abbreviations used in the notes, see pages 233–34.
- AAA
- Agricultural Adjustment Act
- AFL
- American Federation of Labor
- AFU
- Alabama Farmers’ Union
- ANLC
- American Negro Labor Congress
- APEA
- Alabama People's Education Association
- ASFL
- Alabama State Federation of Labor
- AWDC
- Alabama Women's Democratic Club
- CCC
- Civilian Conservation Corps
- CFWU
- Croppers’ and Farm Workers’ Union
- CIC
- Commission on Interracial Cooperation
- CIO
- Congress of Industrial Organizations
- CP, CPUSA
- Communist Party of the United States of America
- CWA
- Civil Works Administration
- CYS
- Council of Young Southerners
- ERP
- Employee Representation Plan
- ERWO
- Etowah Rubber Workers Organization
- FBI
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FEPC
- Fair Employment Practices Committee
- FERA
- Federal Emergency Relief Act
- FLCFWU
- Farm Laborers and Cotton Field Workers Union
- FSA
- Farm Security Administration
- HUAC
- House Un-American Activities Committee
- ILA
- International Longshoremen's Association
- ILD
- International Labor Defense
- ISU
- International Seamen's Union
- IWW
- Industrial Workers of the World
- KKK
- Ku Klux Klan
- LSNR
- League of Struggle for Negro Rights
- LYS
- League of Young Southerners
- Mine Mill
- International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
- NAACP
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- NCDPP
- National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners
- NCPR
- National Committee for People's Rights
- NEC
- National Emergency Council
- NFU
- National Farmers’ Union
- NIRA
- National Industrial Recovery Act
- NLRB
- National Labor Relations Board
- NMU
- National Miners Union
- NNC
- National Negro Congress
- NRA
- National Recovery Administration
- NSL
- National Students League
- RPC
- Revolutionary Policy Committee
- RWL
- Relief Workers’ League
- SCHW
- Southern Conference for Human Welfare
- SCPR
- Southern Committee for People's Rights
- SCU
- Share Croppers’ Union
- SNCC
- Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
- SNYC, Youth Congress
- Southern Negro Youth Congress
- SP, SPA
- Socialist Party of America
- SPC
- Southern Policy Committee
- STFU
- Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
- SWOC
- Steel Workers Organizing Committee
- TCI
- Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
- TUUL
- Trade Union Unity League
- UCAPAWA
- United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America
- UMW
- United Mine Workers of Alabama
- UMWA
- United Mine Workers of America
- UNIA
- Universal Negro Improvement Association
- URWA
- United Rubber Workers of America
- WPA
- Works Progress Administration
- YCL
- Young Communist League