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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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Eileen Boris, September 6 OpEd, “Viewpoints: Ghost of Hiram Johnson is looking over Brown’s shoulder”
Eileen Boris, “Viewpoints: Ghost of Hiram Johnson is looking over Brown’s shoulder,” The Sacramento Bee, September 6, 2012.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 6, 2012
In Memoriam
Alfred F. Young, 1925 – 2012
Alfred F. Young, a pioneer of the “new labor history,” noted social historian of the early American nation, and a founding editor of.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 30, 2012
In Memoriam
Addie Wyatt, 1924 – 2012
On March 28, 2012, the labor community lost Rev. Addie Wyatt, a true champion for working people and one of the most influential.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 30, 2012
In Memoriam
Eric Taplin, 1925 – 2012
“My friend Eric Taplin, the foremost labour historian of Liverpool, has died of cancer aged 87. When, in 1960, he arrived in the.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 30, 2012
In Memoriam
Eric Hobsbawm, 1917 – 2012
“Eric Hobsbawm, who died on October 1 at the age of 95, was perhaps the twentieth century’s preeminent historian and a life-long advocate.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 30, 2012
In Memoriam
Larry Gibson, 1946 – 2012
From Brad Wood, Duke University: At some point you’ve probably heard me talk about Larry Gibson. He was literally the last man standing.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 30, 2012
In Memoriam
Eugene Genovese, 1930 – 2012
“As a teenager in Brooklyn, New York in the 1940s, Eugene Genovese recruited workers for the Communist Party. Educated at Columbia University, he.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 30, 2012