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Video: Dr. Francis Shor, "Re:Collecting Past Radicals and Rebels: The Resonance of Resistance and the Persistence of Injustice"
Posted February 20th, 2015 by cwesterman
On December 9, 2014, Dr. Fancis Shor of the Wayne State University Department of History delivered the presentation "Re:Collecting Past Radicals and Rebels: The Resonance of Resistance and the Persistence of Injustice" in the Reuther Conference Room of the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs. read more »
Collection Spotlight: Ramon S. Scruggs, Sr. Papers
Posted February 11th, 2015 by gstrassel
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- Affirmative action
- African American businesspeople
- African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century
- Civil rights--America
- Detroit Urban League
- Humphrey, Hubert H., 1911-1978
- NAACP
- National Urban League
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Romney, George
- Urban Affairs
- Young, Whitney M.
Best known as the first African American member of management at both the Michigan Bell Telephone Company and AT&T, Ramon S. Scruggs, Sr. served as an influential civil rights figure in the American business community from the 1940s until his passing in 1984. What separated Scruggs from many other civil rights figures was his focus on improving racial equality through integrating African Americans into positions of management within large corporations. The Ramon S. Scruggs Sr. Papers, recently opened to the public at the Walter P. Reuther Library, chronicle the subject’s numerous accomplishments. read more »
Manuscript and Records Collections - Recently Opened
The following list contains titles of Reuther manuscript and records collections added or updated within the previous two months. Click on each title for more information about the collections, including collection guides and finding aids.
Please contact Kristen Chinery, Reference Archivist for more information.
| Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute Records | 02/20/2015 - 16:48 |
| Everett R. Phelps Papers | 02/20/2015 - 16:36 |
| Kathleen Straus Papers | 02/16/2015 - 16:28 |
| Thomas Bernick Papers | 02/16/2015 - 16:09 |
| Wayne State University School of Medicine Occupational Therapy Department Records | 02/11/2015 - 12:29 |
| UFW Ohio Boycott Office Records | 02/10/2015 - 15:12 |
| FBI File on Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers | 02/10/2015 - 14:46 |
| Detroit Latino Records | 01/26/2015 - 15:58 |
| Works Progress Administration National Research Project Publication Records | 01/26/2015 - 15:48 |
| United Service Organizations Downtown Detroit Club Records | 01/26/2015 - 14:56 |