This edition: Civil Rights at Work: A Century of Black Labor Activism
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Original tape date: January 9, 2026. First aired: February 2, 2026.On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders presents excerpts from the recent CUNY SLU panel discussion, “Lessons from 100 Years of Black Labor Activism,” which featured Professor Cedric de Leon of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Associate Professor Tamara Lee of Rutgers University, and the author and activist Bill Fletcher Jr., moderated by CUNY SLU’s Assistant Professor Cameron Black. The four discuss the often unknown or ignored history of contributions to the labor movement by black workers and organizers, and how that history is alive and still being written today.
Guest List
Cameron Black Assistant Professor of Labor Studies, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
Cedric de Leon Professor, Sociology and Labor Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bill Fletcher, Jr. Author, Activist
Tamara L. Lee Associate Professor, Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University
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