Welcome to the Reuther Library's podcast archive. They are arranged by publication date with the most recent on top and the oldest at the bottom.
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[Podcast] Oil Can Eddie and the Battle for the Steelworkers’ Union
Posted July 31st, 2025 by teller
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Roger Biles and Mark Rose discuss the legacy of Eddie Sadlowski, a charismatic and progressive Chicago steelworker who, unhappy with the United Steelworker of America’s closed-rank authoritarian leadership and tepid support for rank-and-file members, led a highly visible yet unsuccessful dissident campaign in the contentious election for the USWA’s presidency in 1977. read more »
Seeking "Self-Determination" in Detroit: Housing, Race, and the Activism of the West Central Organization, 1964-1971
Posted June 25th, 2025 by teller
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- African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Social conditions--20th century
- Black militant organizations
- Civil rights
- Community activists
- Community development--Michigan--Detroit
- Community organizations
- Detroit (Mich.) -- Riot, 1967
- Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations--20th century
- Detroit--economic conditions
- Detroit--race relations
- Detroit--social conditions
- Discrimination in housing--Michigan
- Housing
- Minorities--Civil rights
- Minorities--Housing
- Wayne State University
Dr. Anna E. Lindner discusses the rise and subsequent downfall of the West Central Organization in Detroit, a coalition of civil rights organizations, community groups, and church congregations that sought to bring attention to housing inequality and other social issues in the 1960s. read more »
[Podcast] Schools and the Rise of Mass Incarceration in a Post-Brown World
Posted May 22nd, 2025 by teller
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- Desegregation
- Desegregation in Education
- Detroit (Mich.)
- Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations--20th century
- Detroit Public Schools
- Education, Elementary
- Education, Secondary
- Education, Urban
- Education--Minority Education
- Michigan--politics and government
- Public schools
- School integration
- School Violence
- Segregation in education
Dr. Matt Kautz explores how evolving school disciplinary practices, changes in crime reporting, and political pressure in the decades following school desegregation led to the rise of student suspensions, expulsions, dropouts, and the school-to-prison pipeline in Detroit and other cities. read more »
[Podcast] The Worthy Wages Movement for Childcare Workers
Posted April 11th, 2025 by teller
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Dr. Justine Modica discusses the Worthy Wages movement centered in Seattle from the 1980s through the 2000s. read more »
[Podcast] Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from World War II to COVID-19
Posted February 13th, 2025 by teller
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Dr. Lori Flores discusses food systems in the US and Northeast region specifically, illuminating how the nation has developed a growing appetite for both Latinx food and Latinx food laborers, who are often underpaid and under-nourished as they help grow, process, transport, prepare, and serve food across the country. read more »
