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Detroit Under Fire: Police Violence and Racial Justice in the Civil Rights Era
Dr. Matthew Lassiter shares stories uncovered in Detroit...
Labor Radical Harry Bridges and the Cold War Ire of the US Government
In the second of a two-part series, Dr. Robert Cherny recounts how immigrant Harry Bridges successfully led the powerful International Longshore and...
Labor Legend Harry Bridges and the Pacific Coast Longshore Strike of 1934
In the first of a two-part series, Dr. Robert Cherny explains how the early life of Australian immigrant Harry Bridges prepared him to lead the groundbreaking...
Taming the Octopus: Eli Black and the Search for Social Responsibility at the United Fruit / United Brands Company
Dr. Matt Garcia traces the legacy of Eli Black, a former rabbi who, as CEO of United Fruit/United Brands Company in the late 1960s and early 1970s,...
Toxic Debt: An Environmental Justice History of Detroit
Dr. Josiah Rector explains that since the 1880s a confluence of unregulated industrial capitalism and racist practices in housing and employment in...
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