Reviving Southern Labor History: Call for Contributors for New Book on Southern Labor History
Since the mid-1970s only a handful of books on southern labor history have been published. As Alan Draper wrote nearly twenty years ago,.
Call for Proposals
Labor History
New Book Interviews
Labor History
The Archivist’s Nook: Introduction to American Catholic Archives
Before the 1960s, almost no dioceses had more than part-time archivists, only a few Catholic colleges and universities devoted much attention or resources.
- by Ryan Poe
- February 16, 2016
Events
Labor History
LAWCHA
Join us at the OAH: Love & Solidarity, James Lawson and Nonviolence in the Search for Workers’ Rights
Join LAWCHA for a film showing (of Love & Solidarity) and discussion at the Organization of American Historians in Providence, Rhode Island, 9am.
- by Ryan Poe
- February 7, 2016
Labor History
LAWCHA
Preview of “Love & Solidarity”
Through interviews and historical documents, acclaimed labor and civil rights historian Michael Honey and award-winning filmmaker Errol Webber put Rev. James Lawson’s discourse.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 20, 2016
Events
Labor History
Jim Green’s book on PBS, “The American Experience,” January 26
On January 26 from 9-11 pm more than 200 PBS stations will broadcast “The Mine Wars” in the premier show of The American.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 3, 2016
Activism
Labor History
OAH Issues Statement on Collective Bargaining and Part-Time, Adjunct, and Contingent Faculty
At its November 2015 Executive Board meeting, the Organization of American Historians (OAH), passed a resolution endorsing “the principle that collective bargaining can.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 3, 2016
Labor History
Opportunity
History of Capitalism Summer Camp – Price Reduced to $600
The History of Capitalism Summer Camp has had its price reduced to $600 thanks to a number of generous grants. Applications due January.
- by Ryan Poe
- December 17, 2015
Labor History
Woodrow Wilson and Anti-Unionists
How should Americans remember Woodrow Wilson? This is the central question triggered recently by Princeton University protesters who have brought attention to his.
- by Chad Pearson
- December 1, 2015
Call for Proposals
Labor History
WCSA Awards Nominations (Deadline: January 15, 2016)
The Working-Class Studies Association (WCSA) invites nominations (including selfnominations) for awards covering the year of 2015. Ryan Poewww.ryanmpoe.com/
- by Ryan Poe
- November 19, 2015
Labor History
Working History Podcast: Religion’s Role in Organizing the South
SLSA’s latest Working History podcast, “Religion’s Role in Organizing the South,“ is available for listening on iTunes and SoundCloud. In the episode, Professor.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 7, 2015