Tales from the Reuther Library

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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  • Building Power, Breaking Power: The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008

    Building Power, Breaking Power: The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008
    Sep 3 2024
    Dr. Jesse Chanin describes how the United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO) gained power and influence in a region hostile to unions from the mid-1960s to the mid-2000s by building trust in the community with transparent and democratic decision-making and a focus on racial and economic justice to improve the lives of the New Orleans … Continue reading Building Power, Breaking Power: The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008
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    47 mins
  • Detroit Industry and ‘The Mural’

    Detroit Industry and ‘The Mural’
    Jul 25 2024
    Dr. Jay Cephas considers two Depression-era murals in Detroit and their contrasting messaging about workers, labor, and power. Diego Rivera’s famed Detroit Industry murals, commissioned by Edsel Ford for the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1932, champions industrial and technological progress and the factory workers who fueled it. In contrast, Walter Speck and Barbara Wilson’s … Continue reading Detroit Industry and ‘The Mural’
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    32 mins
  • Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power in Detroit

    Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power in Detroit
    Jun 13 2024
    Dr. Say Burgin explains that contrary to the common belief that white activists were purged from the Black freedom movement in the mid-1960 and 1970s, Black-led organizations in Detroit – including the Northern Student Movement, the City-Wide Citizens Action Committee, and the League of Revolutionary Workers—called on white activists to organize within their own white … Continue reading Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power in Detroit
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    39 mins
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