The Million Man March commemorates its twentieth-year anniversary this month, which historians argue had problematic racial, class, and gender politics. Clarence Lang explores the event's place in history, its message, and continuing legacy.
For five-days “Fighting Inequality” conference (May 2015) participants critically considered ways, then and now, that working-class people experience and struggle against class inequality. One of the conference’s highlights was the session, “Fighting Inequality through Teaching, Scholarship and Activism: A Roundtable
In This Issue Editors’ Introduction The Common Verse Susan Eisenberg, “Introductions“ LAWCHA Watch Naomi R. Williams, “Working Together for Economic Justice“ Up for Debate Eric Arnesen, “Introduction” In 1965, the US Congress passed, and President Lyndon B.
David Montgomery has had and will continue to have an incalculable impact on the historical study of workers’ lives, aspirations and struggles in the U.S. and worldwide. He brought to his scholarship a perspective honed through years of his own
LaborOnline Search for:Search Button Recent Blogs LaborOnline Archives Contribute Content Menu Recent Blogs LaborOnline Archives Contribute Content Featured Blogs Welcome Home, Bernie!: Sanders is 2025 Eugene V. Debs Award Winner by Rosemary Feurer November 1, 2025 On October 25, 2025
At the recent LAWCHA conference here in Washington, D.C., I was among those applauding heartily when Empire of Cotton: A Global History, Sven Beckert’s sweeping study, received the Philip Taft Labor History Book Award. It’s worth taking a look at
On May 25, 2015, weather conditions forced the cancelation of a flight from Atlanta to Boston. One of the flight’s intended passengers was Malcolm Butler, defensive back for the New England Patriots, best known for his game winning interception in
Originally posted October 16th, 2014. Written by Dallas Pillen, Archives Technician at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University. Bruce Duncan “Utah” Phillips (1935-2008) was one of the most prominent members of the
Originally posted at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University. May 19, 2011. Written by Kristen Chinery, Reference Archivist. On May 26, 1937, nearly sixty UAW members from Local 174 arrived at Ford
Drawing 450 registrants and featuring 3 days of exciting and informative panels the first joint LAWCHA-WCSA conference was a huge success. Thanks to all attended “Fighting Inequality” at Georgetown last week and made the formal sessions and informal discussions so