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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.

by Rosemary Feurer
June 26, 2025

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Ben Fletcher and Local 8: the Mural and the Marker

Ben Fletcher might be the most important African American labor leader you’ve never heard about. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Fletcher led 4,000.

by Peter Cole
June 19, 2025

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“Illinois Teachers and the Fight for Labor Rights”: Free Essay available

The essay related to this blog is offered free for the next three months.-Ed.What can be learned from the past struggles to win.

by Joseph Rathke
June 2, 2025

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Trump, Historians, and the Lessons of U.S. Tariff History

In his recent executive order on “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” President Donald Trump criticized historians for “replacing objective facts with.

by Elizabeth McKillen
May 1, 2025

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Dana Frank on What We Can Learn from the Great Depression

Dana Frank’s What Can We Learn From the Great Depression: Stories of Ordinary People & Collective Action in Hard Times shares four Great.

by Randi Storch, Dana Frank
April 25, 2025

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Philip Tipperman, Forgotten Labor Painter of the 1930s

by Kathy M. Newman; Joseph Entin; Patricia HillsPhilip Tipperman: Forgotten Labor Painter of the 1930sThe cover of the newly designed Labor: Studies in.

by Kathy M. Newman
April 15, 2025

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Sean Griffin on The Root and The Branch: Working-Class Reform and Antislavery, 1790–1860

Sean Griffin, The Root and the Branch (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024)The Root and the Branch: Working Class Reform and Antislavery, 1790-1860 conveys.