NYLHA Conference: “Can’t Turn Back: Unfinished Tasks of the Civil Rights Movement”

The New York Labor History Association is proud to present a labor history month conference on the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and today’s ongoing fight for racial and economic justice. The conference kicks off Friday, May 6th with a keynote address by Jerald Podair entitled “They Couldn’t Wait: A. Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin and the Struggle for American Equality,” and continues Saturday, May 7th with panel discussions on such timely and enduring topics as mass organizing, housing, policing, economic inequality, and education.

The conference will be held at The Worker Institute at Cornell ILR, 16 East 34th Street, 6th Floor, NYC. Boxed lunch and beverages will be provided.

 

Note: Registration for the conference is now closed.