Historical Understandings for Democratizing Freedom, 1877 to the Present:

• U.S. history is characterized by an ongoing tension between people claiming rights, or liberty, and people claiming social, political, racial, and economic equality
• The actions and ideas of working people were significant factors that shaped these struggles over liberty and equality

From the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era

October 22, 2009 at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Scholar: Edward O’Donnell (Holy Cross College)

The Great Depression

December 7, 2009 at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Scholar: Gerald Markowitz (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY)

The World War II Homefront

February 5, 2010 at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Many Movements in the Struggle for Civil Rights

April 22, 2010 at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Scholar: Premilla Nadasen (Queens College, CUNY)