The Making and Breaking of a Popular Front: The Case of the National Negro Congress
This is part of a series featuring authors of essays in the journal Labor: Studies in Working Class History. Eric Arnesen discusses the.
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Labor and Public Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy
Few memorial landscapes have changed as much over the past decade than Montgomery, Alabama, the “Cradle of the Confederacy.” At one time, the.
- by Alex Lichtenstein
- June 22, 2023
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Francis Ryan: Memories of the Labor of School Crossing Guards
Beginning with this essay, we initiate a series on essays that are appearing in the journal Labor. This one is the backstory to.
- by Francis Ryan
- June 13, 2023
Film & Video
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Jake S. Friedman on The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War and Animation’s Golden Age
Lisa Phillips interviewed Jake S. Friedman, author of The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War and Animation’s Golden Age, published by the Chicago.
- by Lisa Philips
- June 6, 2023
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Rethinking Working-Class Identity in Northwest Timber Country
Steven Beda’s essay, “‘Tie a Yellow Ribbon for the Working Man’: Environmental Conflict and Working-Class Politics in Oregon Timber Country, 1970–Present,” in issue.
- by Steven Beda
- May 30, 2023
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Cancelling Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
If you blinked, you might have missed the historical marker dedicated to Elizabeth Gurley Flynn at the site of her childhood home in.
- by Mary Anne Trasciatti
- May 24, 2023
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Big Win for Victims of Racist Restrictive Covenants
On April 23, 2023, the Washington state legislature passed the Covenants Homeownership Act (CHA), pioneering legislation that will provide compensation to victims of.
- by James Gregory
- May 12, 2023
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New American Federation of Labor By the People Crowdsourced Transcription Campaign Launched
A new By the People crowdsourced transcription campaign, “American Federation of Labor Records: Letters in the Progressive Era,” launched in late April. By.
- by Ryan Reft
- May 9, 2023
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Supreme Court Justices who were Enslavers
The United States Supreme Court has served as the ultimate arbiter of legal disputes in the country. Until fairly recently, most Americans have.
- by Nick Arjomand
- April 25, 2023
In Memoriam
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Jane LaTour (1946-2023)
I first met Jane LaTour over forty years ago on a picket line in the northern New Jersey town of Hillside. Jane was.
- by Bob Bussel
- April 24, 2023