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Judge Damon J. Keith Passes at 96 Years of Age
Posted May 9th, 2019 by ljones
The Reuther Library mourns the passing of Judge Damon Jerome Keith who made his transition April 28, 2019. A Detroit native and the grandson of enslaved Africans, Judge Keith lived during a number of pivotal moments in American and world history. Forced to endure and negotiate the confines of a world that too often worked against the interests and advancement of African Americans, he succeeded in life while making enduring contributions to its betterment. read more »
Guest Post: Ciera Casteel on the Wayne State University Oral History Course Oral Histories
Posted April 19th, 2019 by aorchard
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- Cass Corridor (Detroit, Mich.)
- Community Development
- Detroit (Mich.)
- Discrimination in housing--Michigan
- Gay community--History--20th Century
- Gay rights--Michigan
- Newspaper employees
- Newspaper strike, Detroit, Michigan, 1995-2000
- Oral history
- Poletown (Detroit, Mich.)
- Rhythm and blues music
- Segregation
- Social Justice
- Student Blogger Series
- Transgender people
- University Archives
- Urban development
- Urban renewal
- Wayne State University
- Women in the labor movement
Please note: The oral history course collections mentioned in this post have been consolidated into one collection: Wayne State University Oral History Methodology Course Oral Histories. Please refer to the finding aid here: https://archives.wayne.edu/repositories/2/resources/3381.
Over the course of the last few months I had the opportunity to work at the Reuther Library processing oral history collections. This was an incredible experience through which I was able to create tools to increase researchers' access to four relatively new collections: the Wayne State University Oral History Course Oral Histories. These four collections are a treasure for researchers studying a number of topics. read more »
AFSCME's History-Making 1964 Convention
Posted April 15th, 2019 by scaloia
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Fifty-five years ago, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees elected a new president who would dramatically change the trajectory of the union.
A founding member of the Wisconsin Service Employees Association in 1932, Arnold Zander took the lead in forming the national public employee union that would become AFSCME. read more »
Fishman Grantees 2019
Posted March 4th, 2019 by mcourtney
The Walter P. Reuther Library is proud to announce the recipients of the 2019 Sam Fishman Award.
These annual grants provide up to $1,000 to support travel to the Reuther Library to access archival records related to the American labor movement. The award is named in honor of Sam Fishman, a former UAW and Michigan AFL-CIO leader.
As part of their research visits, awardees are invited to speak about their work at an informal event at the Reuther Library and/or discuss their research on Tales From the Reuther Library. read more »
