Tales from the Reuther Library

Recent Episodes

Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education

Posted August 21, 2025 • 00:59:13

Dr. Nick Juravich discusses the experiences of the first-generation of paraprofessional educators in New York City in the 1960s-1980s and their impact...

Oil Can Eddie and the Battle for the Steelworkers’ Union

Posted July 31, 2025 • 00:35:22

Roger Biles and Mark Rose discuss the legacy of Eddie Sadlowski, a charismatic and progressive Chicago steelworker who, unhappy with the United Steelworker...

Seeking “Self-Determination” in Detroit: Housing, Race, and the Activism of the West Central Organization, 1964-1971

Posted July 3, 2025 • 00:46:43

Dr. Anna E. Lindner discusses the rise and subsequent downfall of the West Central Organization in Detroit, a coalition of civil rights organizations,...

Schools and the Rise of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Brown World

Posted May 29, 2025 • 00:50:55

Dr. Matt Kautz explores how evolving school disciplinary practices, changes in crime reporting, and political pressure in the decades following school...

The Worthy Wages Movement for Childcare Workers

Posted April 17, 2025 • 00:53:02

Dr. Justine Modica discusses the Worthy Wages movement centered in Seattle from the 1980s through the 2000s. Affiliated with SEIU, daycare directors...