School for Workers co-hosts visiting scholar session: Black Politics and Interracial Labor Solidarity

The School for Workers is proud to co-host Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity with the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice and the Department of African American Studies.

Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. (CT)
Online via Zoom and Sewell Social Sciences Bldg., Room 8108

Featuring Cedric de Leon, Professor of Sociology and Labor Studies at UMass Amherst, the talk explores the role of Black labor activists in desegregating the U.S. labor movement.

This collaboration reflects the School for Workers’ ongoing commitment to advancing education and dialogue on labor, race, and social justice.

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