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LaborOnline Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series New Book Interviews

Robert Cherny on the Coit Tower Murals

Thanks to Professor Rosemary Feurer and the LaborOnline team for another opportunity to interview Robert W. Cherny, this time about his 2024 book,.

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Save Our History: Matewan, Memory, and the State Historical Society of Iowa

I know you’re busy, dear labor history colleagues, so I’m going to put this ask right at the top even though it messes.

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LaborOnline Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series

Fayetteville Remembers Enslaved Laborer Who Ensured Canada Remained a Safe Refuge

Over the last two years, the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, working with the University of Arkansas Humanities Center, has erected a historical marker,.

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LaborOnline Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series

Springfield, Illinois Marker Honors Black Union Activist

On June 17, 2025, an official Illinois historical marker that highlights the experiences and activism of Black coal miners in Illinois was dedicated.

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Media and Memory The Battle of Blair Mountain

“Logan County Bristles with Machine Guns… Gaunt Hollow-eyed Men hold Ridges…Every Path is Guarded.” On September 1st, 1921, Washington Times announced that headline.

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LaborOnline Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series

Mill Mother’s Lament: Keeping Ella May Wiggins’ Legacy Alive

Karen Sieber tells us of the effort to honor the memory of slain union organizer Ella May Wiggins and the struggle for power.

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LaborOnline New Book Interviews

East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte: Interview with author and editors

A People’s History of Life and Labor in the San Gabriel Valley: An Interview with authors and editors of East of East: The.

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Join Us in Celebrating and Sustaining the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum

The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum has just finished its third year open in Matewan, and what a year it was.

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We Do the Work: An Interview with Conor Casey

The latest episode of the Labor Archives of Washington’s regular segment on the KSVR radio show We Do the Work is now streaming.

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National History Day Students Win 2016 Regional Video Contest Employing Labor Archives of Washington Collections and Staff Interviews

Every year the Labor Archives of Washington at the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections works with National History Day students on their.

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