While the 1936-1937 Flint Sit-Down is usually viewed as a pivotal success for the UAW, Dr. Gregory Wood considers more closely the influence of anti-union workers and the General Motors-supported Flin

Reuther Library audiovisual archivist Mary Wallace discusses the Librarys WWJ / WDIV Film, Video, and Teleprompter Scripts collection, which captures seven decades of news, current events, politics,

Peter Hammer describes the life and legacy of civil rights icon George W. Crockett, Jr. A Black lawyer who fought racism and defended constitutional rights in landmark cases in the 1940s through the 1

Louise Milone recounts how smog produced by the southwestern Pennsylvanian steel industry poisoned the air in the Monongahela Valley town of Donora on November 1, 1948, killing more than 22 people and

Emma Maniere describes how homeowners associations in Grosse Pointe, an affluent suburb bordering Detroit, developed a point system following the Second World War to rank and exclude prospective homeb

Dr. Jason Resnikoff explains that the rise of automation in the mid-20th century workplace was heralded as a way to free workers from manual labor, but resulted instead in the intensification of human

Dr. Vincent Haddad explains that while Detroit has often served as the inspiration for crime-ridden settings in comics, DC Comics rose above those stereotypes with black superheroes Amazing-Man in the

Dr. Krysta Ryzewski explains how historical archaeology digs at famous Detroit locales including the Little Harry speakeasy, the Blue Bird Inn, and the Grande Ballroom have clarified how underrepr

Brandon Ward explains how Detroit residents, community organizations, and the labor movement, alarmed by the pollution remaining in Detroits deindustrialized era that mostly heavily impacted Black Am

Labor leader and social activist Milton Tambor discusses his lifes work in Detroit since the 1950s as a social worker; AFSCME local union president, staff representative and assistant education direc