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the two movements locally, and increasing pressure for each movement to merge
into its growing national counterpart.
During the third phase, 1935-1940, both Baltimore movements reoriented in
essentially national directions. The local branch of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People was reorganized and, by the early 1940s, was the
second largest in the country. And the unions of the Committee for Industrial
Organizations began their march through Baltimore's industry. While the workers'
and Black freedom movements developed in parallel rather than convergent
directions during this period, important areas of cooperation existed, laying
foundations for greater joint work during the war years.
This dissertation draws a variety of archival records, newspapers and
pamphlets, and secondary sources; oral history is especially important.
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