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Tales from the Reuther Library

Written by: Walter P. Reuther Library Wayne State University
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  • Stories on labor history, Detroit, and Wayne State University
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  • Betty Friedan’s Labor Roots

    Betty Friedan’s Labor Roots
    Mar 28 2024
    Rachel Shteir shares how Betty Friedan’s early experience as a labor reporter for the Federated Press informed her later work as a famed women’s rights activist, author of The Feminine Mystique, and co-founder of the National Organization for Women. Although Friedan’s activism shaped the American women’s movement in the latter half of the 20th century, … Continue reading Betty Friedan’s Labor Roots
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    34 mins
  • The UAW’s Southern Gamble in Foreign-Owned Factories

    The UAW’s Southern Gamble in Foreign-Owned Factories
    Mar 4 2024
    Dr. Stephen Silvia explains how the UAW built a cooperative relationship with workers’ councils and unions at foreign automotive companies, but has nevertheless struggled to organize those companies’ vehicle factories in the southern United States since the 1990s due to anti-labor politics and the companies’ shared anti-union playbooks. Silvia is a professor in the School … Continue reading The UAW’s Southern Gamble in Foreign-Owned Factories
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    57 mins
  • Detroit Under Fire: Police Violence and Racial Justice in the Civil Rights Era

    Detroit Under Fire: Police Violence and Racial Justice in the Civil Rights Era
    Dec 14 2023
    Dr. Matthew Lassiter shares stories uncovered in Detroit Under Fire: Police Violence, Crime Politics, and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Civil Rights Era, a collaborative digital exhibit created by undergraduate history students documenting nearly 200 civilians killed between 1957 and 1973 by the Detroit Police Department and other law enforcement agencies in the … Continue reading Detroit Under Fire: Police Violence and Racial Justice in the Civil Rights Era
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    44 mins
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