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Latinx Encounters: How Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Puerto Ricans Made the Modern Midwest

Posted May 12, 2023 • 00:57:46

Dr. Juan I. Mora examines three groups of Latinxs as they used postwar migration, temporary guest-worker programs, and agricultural labor to redefine...

Under the Iron Heel: Repressing the IWW and Free Speech

Posted February 27, 2023 • 00:58:27

Ahmed White explains how industrialists and government officials in the United States used violence and legal maneuverings to stultify the Industrial...

“Girls, We Cannot Lose!”: Midwestern Black Women Activists During the Great Depression

Posted January 19, 2023 • 00:49:38

Dr. Melissa Ford explores the influence of working-class Black women in Detroit, St. Louis, and Cleveland on the development of Black radicalism in...

“No Labor Dictators For Us”: Revisiting Anti-Union Forces in the Flint Sit-Down Strike

Posted December 22, 2022 • 00:23:45

While the 1936-1937 Flint Sit-Down is usually viewed as a pivotal success for the UAW, Dr. Gregory Wood considers more closely the influence of anti-union...

Heard It On the News: Preserving 20th Century Detroit History Through Local Newscasts

Posted November 17, 2022 • 00:31:47

Reuther Library audiovisual archivist Mary Wallace discusses the Library’s WWJ / WDIV Film, Video, and Teleprompter Scripts collection, which captures...