@book{270, keywords = {trade unions, Communist Party, steel industry, Black Americans}, author = {Lloyd L. [Louis] Brown}, title = {Iron City}, abstract = {Lonnie James, 23, a laid-off black steelworker is falsely accused, convicted, and sentenced to death for the murder of a white drugstore owner. Feeling failed by his court-appointed lawyers, Lonnie seeks the help of three black inmates jailed for being Communist Party labor organizers, who smuggle messages to an outside defense committee.}, year = {1951}, pages = {255 p.}, publisher = {Masses & Mainstream}, address = {New York}, note = {Settings are disguised as follows: Allegheny County is Monongahela County; Pittsburgh is Iron City; Allegheny County Jail (1886) is Monongahela County Jail; McKeesport is Kanesport.}, language = {English}, }