Date of Award
Fall 2013
Document Type
Thesis
Terms of Use
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History Department
First Advisor
Bruce Dorsey
Second Advisor
Farid Azfar
Abstract
This paper examines the work of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers as it developed out of the Detroit Rebellion of 1967, the city’s prosperous auto industry, the labor movement and the Black Freedom struggle. Heavily influenced by personal experiences in the civil rights and Black Power movements as well as the work of James and Grace Lee Boggs, the League’s leadership cadre created an organizing program unique from that of the Black Panther Party that can provide contemporary activists with an example of intersectional mass movement building informed by a careful attention to conditions and strategy.
Recommended Citation
Aronoff, Kate , '14, "Detroit, Theory, Practice: The League of Revolutionary Black Workers and Black Power at the Point of Production, 1967-1971" (2013). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 470.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/470