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In Memoriam: Larry Gibson, Anti-Mountaintop Removal Activist, 1946-2012

Larry Gibson was literally the last man standing on Kayford Mountain in southern West Virginia. The 500 people who once called the community.

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Fifteenth Annual Women’s History Conference: Activism & Scholarship

Keynote by women’s historian Alice Kessler Harris, distinguished professor at Columbia University. Also featuring a round table discussion about the life and work.

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CFP: SLSA, The Many Souths (deadline: 9/14)

The Southern Labor Studies Association is soliciting panels for its (March 7-9) 2013 conference in New Orleans, LA. The conference theme, the “Many.

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OAH Announces David Montgomery Book Award Fund — Donate Today

David Montgomery, former president of the Organization of American Historians (1999–2000), passed away in December 2011. David was the Farnam Professor of History.

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CFP: “Rights, Solidarity and Justice,” LAWCHA National Conference, June 6-8, 2013

CALL FOR PAPERS: “Rights, Solidarity and Justice: Working People Organizing, Past and Present” LAWCHA National Conference, June 6-8, 2013, New York City. Ryan.

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Report on the 31st Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Labor History Society, Milwaukee

Ken Germanson, President Emeritus, Wisconsin Labor History Society If there was any thought that history is irrelevant in today’s world, that was dispelled.

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LAWCHA Member Paul Ortiz on Emancipation Day in Florida

LAWCHA Member Paul Ortiz wrote a stunning article on the nearly uncelebrated Emancipation Day, May 20, in Florida. He writes, “Today, May 20,.

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LAWCHA Member Cindy Hahamovitch Wins 2012 Taft Prize

Based on extensive research in archival collections and oral history interviews across national and imperial borders, Cindy Hahamovitch offers an incisive and expansive.

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Bread and Roses Centennial Symposium Report, by Janet Weaver

On the hundredth anniversary of the Bread and Roses textile strike, over 300 labor activists, researchers and community members gathered on April 28.

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