P. Colfax Rameau

P. Colfax Rameau (1874–?) was an American minister, newspaper editor, newspaper publisher, civil rights leader, and leader of Black workers in Alabama.^[1] He served as president of the Southern Afro–American Federation of Industrial Brotherhood.^[2]^[3] He published the Workmen's Chronicle.^[4] He advocated for opportunities for black miners and he opposed black membership in white-led unions.^[5]^[6] He also used the name Colfax Rameau,^[5] and P.C. Rameau.

Biography

Born in Mobile, Alabama in 1874, he attended school there^[7] and graduated from Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama.^[7] He took a course in the philosophy department at the University of Pennsylvania, and later traveled for two years in Europe and Asia working as a baker. After his return to the United States he advocated for a reformatory school to be established to put "delinquents" to work.^[7] He edited the Workmen's Chronicle, which is described by Brian Kelly as "black-run, ardently antiunion.^[6]^: 106

In 1918 he wrote to Alabama governor Charles Henderson about organizing war councils among black miners.^[8] He wrote to Woodrow Wilson in 1920 and James J. Davis in 1921.^[9]

References

^ Letwin, Daniel (1998). The Challenge of Interracial Unionism: Alabama Coal Miners, 1878-1921. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-4678-0.
^ "Manufacturers Record". 1920.
^ "CONTENTdm". digital.archives.alabama.gov.
^ Brown, Edwin L.; Davis, Colin John (1999). It is Union and Liberty: Alabama Coal Miners and the UMW. University of Alabama Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-8173-0999-2.
^ ^a ^b Lewis, Ronald L. (2021-03-17). Black Coal Miners in America: Race, Class, and Community Conflict, 1780-1980. University Press of Kentucky. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-8131-8151-6.
^ ^a ^b Kelly, Brian (2001). Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06933-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c The Juvenile Court Record. Vol. 10. Visitation and Aid Society. 1913. p. 15 – via Google Books.
^ "CONTENTdm". digital.archives.alabama.gov.
^ Moreno, Paul D. (January 1, 2006). Black Americans and Organized Labor: A New History. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-4882-2 – via Google Books.

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[1] Letwin, Daniel (1998). The Challenge of Interracial Unionism: Alabama Coal Miners, 1878-1921. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-4678-0.

[2] "Manufacturers Record". 1920.

[3] "CONTENTdm". digital.archives.alabama.gov.

[4] Brown, Edwin L.; Davis, Colin John (1999). It is Union and Liberty: Alabama Coal Miners and the UMW. University of Alabama Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-8173-0999-2.

[:1-5] Lewis, Ronald L. (2021-03-17). Black Coal Miners in America: Race, Class, and Community Conflict, 1780-1980. University Press of Kentucky. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-8131-8151-6.

[:2-6] Kelly, Brian (2001). Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06933-8.

[:0-7] The Juvenile Court Record. Vol. 10. Visitation and Aid Society. 1913. p. 15 – via Google Books.

[8] "CONTENTdm". digital.archives.alabama.gov.

[9] Moreno, Paul D. (January 1, 2006). Black Americans and Organized Labor: A New History. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-4882-2 – via Google Books.

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