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LAWCHA Member Paul Ortiz on Emancipation Day in Florida

LAWCHA Member Paul Ortiz wrote a stunning article on the nearly uncelebrated Emancipation Day, May 20, in Florida. He writes, “Today, May 20,.

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LAWCHA Member Cindy Hahamovitch Wins 2012 Taft Prize

Based on extensive research in archival collections and oral history interviews across national and imperial borders, Cindy Hahamovitch offers an incisive and expansive.

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Bread and Roses Centennial Symposium Report, by Janet Weaver

On the hundredth anniversary of the Bread and Roses textile strike, over 300 labor activists, researchers and community members gathered on April 28.

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