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CCWCS Event

CCWCS Event
Hello Friends -- Below is an announcement of our next event. Feel free
to
print out the flyer and distribute. Also want to inform all of you that
our
next event features the Center's own Eric Arnesen. His new book is the
subject of our dicussion. In additon, I'm pleased to inform you that
Center
Co-Chair Jamie Daniel, Assistant Professor of English at UIC was one of
three featured guests on the Chicago WBEZ Odyssey radio program on Jan.
30.
Jamie was speaking as an expert on feminist theory and its impact on
intellectual disciplines. Nice job James. Hope to see everybody next
week.

Bob Bruno
Jamie Daniels
Co-Chairs CCWCS



Black Protest and the Great Migration by Eric Arnesen
www.laborgroups.org/2-6-03BlackMigration.doc

Thursday, February 6
5:30 p.m. reception
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. presentation & discussion
Newberry Library, Fellows Lounge (2nd floor)
60 W Walton St
Free admission

During World War I half a million African-Americans permanently left the
South to create new homes and lives in the urban North. Dubbed “the
Great
Migration,” this dramatic transformation in the lives of black Americans
involved more than geography. It intensified grassroots black activism
in
the South as well as in the North, mounting new challenges to
traditional
racial subordination and resisting new forms of racial injustice.

Black Protest and the Great Migration: A Brief History with Documents
captures this tumultuous story primarily in the words of black workers
and
activists of the time. Opening with an historical essay about what he
calls
“The Great American Protest,” University of Illinois at Chicago history
professor Eric Arnesen has assembled a treasure trove of primary
documents
from those who lived these struggles and made this history.

Professor Arnesen will briefly explain how these documents (many drawn
from
the black press of the time, including The Chicago Defender) change the
way
the Great Migration has been understood. He will then be available to
answer questions and engage your comments. Copies of the book will be
available for $12, a 20% discount.

Join us for an evening of discussion about this neglected aspect
and these overlooked voices of African-American history.

The mission of the Chicago Center for Working-Class Studies (CCWCS) is
to
bring together individuals from multiple institutions to promote
economic
justice and to address class relationships. CCWCS’ participants will be
guided by their commitment to strengthen the political, economic and
moral
power of working women and men, and to expand an understanding of how
other
identities intersect with class, including race, gender and sexuality.
The
Center will focus on the following five types of activities: Cultural,
Educational, Research, Community Organizing, Union Organizing.

The Center is supported by the following institutions: Roosevelt
University,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Labor and Industrial
Relations of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, DePaul
University, Chicago Federation of Labor, IBT Local 705, IBEW Local 134,
SEIU
Local 1, UFCW Local 881, Plumbers Local 130 U.A., USWA District 7,
AFSCME
District Council 31

For additional information about the Center and future activities, or to
become a member of the Center’s mailing list, please call the Chicago
Labor
Education Program office at 312-996-2491 or 312-996-2623, or email
bbruno (at) uic.edu or jdaniel (at) uic.edu

**all printed materials produced by union craftsmen**
 
 

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