Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class is a 1994 non-fiction book by American writer Robin D. G. Kelley. The book, a cohesive adaptation of several articles previously published by Kelley, concerns the impact made by black members of the American working class on American politics and culture. Kelley''s work does not focus solely on race, but considers the compound impact of race, class and gender. 2007''s Blue-chip Black: Race, Class and Status in the New Black Middle Class draws from Kelley''s text as an example of this focus the influence exercised by working class black bus riders in Birmingham, Alabama on segregation during World War II, an analysis described in 2003''s Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media as "fascinating."