Event: "Roy Reuther and the UAW: Fighting for Workers and Civil Rights"

Join the Walter P. Reuther Library on March 27th as we host Alan Reuther to celebrate his new book, Roy Reuther and the UAW: Fighting for Workers and Civil Rights.

Alan will discuss the biography about his father, Roy Reuther, a leader of the 1937 Flint sit-down strike that gave rise to the UAW. The book chronicles Roy’s central involvement in the civil rights struggle, support for striking farmworkers, and efforts to expand registration and voting in elections, as well as his close work with icons Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Cesar Chavez. Roy Reuther and the UAW will be on sale at the event, and Alan will be available to sign your copy!

Special guest UAW President Shawn Fain will discuss how the new biography provides timely context for many of the ongoing struggles in America today. As the Reuther Library celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, Library System Dean Paul Bracke will highlight the archive’s global impact documenting the contributions of workers and unions.

Refreshments will be provided. For more information and parking directions, please RSVP at go.wayne.edu/alanreuther.

Alan Reuther book event with special guest Shawn Fain
Thursday, March 27, 2025
6:00 p.m.
Walter P. Reuther Library
5401 Cass Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 577-4024