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In Memoriam: Larry Gibson, Anti-Mountaintop Removal Activist, 1946-2012
Larry Gibson was literally the last man standing on Kayford Mountain in southern West Virginia. The 500 people who once called the community.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 12, 2012
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Fifteenth Annual Women’s History Conference: Activism & Scholarship
Keynote by women’s historian Alice Kessler Harris, distinguished professor at Columbia University. Also featuring a round table discussion about the life and work.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 10, 2012
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CFP: SLSA, The Many Souths (deadline: 9/14)
The Southern Labor Studies Association is soliciting panels for its (March 7-9) 2013 conference in New Orleans, LA. The conference theme, the “Many.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 22, 2012
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OAH Announces David Montgomery Book Award Fund — Donate Today
David Montgomery, former president of the Organization of American Historians (1999–2000), passed away in December 2011. David was the Farnam Professor of History.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 16, 2012
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CFP: “Rights, Solidarity and Justice,” LAWCHA National Conference, June 6-8, 2013
CALL FOR PAPERS: “Rights, Solidarity and Justice: Working People Organizing, Past and Present” LAWCHA National Conference, June 6-8, 2013, New York City.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- June 8, 2012
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Report on the 31st Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Labor History Society, Milwaukee
Ken Germanson, President Emeritus, Wisconsin Labor History Society If there was any thought that history is irrelevant in today’s world, that was dispelled.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 29, 2012
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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,.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 21, 2012
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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.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 15, 2012