Willa Schneberg, a Portland, Oregon poet, will read from Rending the Garment (Mudfish/Box Turtle Press, 2014). Rending the Garment is a narrative tapestry encompassing persona poems, prose poems, flash fiction, imagined meetings with historical figures, ancestral appearances, and ephemera. It is a series of linked poems exploring the life and times of one Jewish family.

Professor Kim Nielsen grew up in Alexandria, graduated from Macalester College in 1988, and earned her Ph.D in History at the University of Iowa. She joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and published her first book. UN-AMERICAN WOMANHOOD: ANTIRADICALISM, ANTIFEMINISM, AND THE FIRST RED SCARE. She has become a path-breaker in the […]

Professor Kim Nielsen grew up in Alexandria, graduated from Macalester College in 1988, and earned her Ph.D in History at the University of Iowa. She joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and published her first book. UN-AMERICAN WOMANHOOD: ANTIRADICALISM, ANTIFEMINISM, AND THE FIRST RED SCARE. She has become a path-breaker in the […]

Professor Kim Nielsen grew up in Alexandria, graduated from Macalester College in 1988, and earned her Ph.D in History at the University of Iowa. She joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and published her first book. UN-AMERICAN WOMANHOOD: ANTIRADICALISM, ANTIFEMINISM, AND THE FIRST RED SCARE. She has become a path-breaker in the […]

Professor Kim Nielsen grew up in Alexandria, graduated from Macalester College in 1988, and earned her Ph.D in History at the University of Iowa. She joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and published her first book. UN-AMERICAN WOMANHOOD: ANTIRADICALISM, ANTIFEMINISM, AND THE FIRST RED SCARE. She has become a path-breaker in the […]

Since the end of the Vietnam War, many still struggle to come to terms with the tumultuous period in U.S. history. In The People Make The Peace, nine U.S. activists discuss their roles in the antiwar movement, including their risky wartime travels to Vietnam to engage in people-to-people diplomacy, and their reflections upon revisiting the country […]

Since the end of the Vietnam War, many still struggle to come to terms with the tumultuous period in U.S. history. In The People Make The Peace, nine U.S. activists discuss their roles in the antiwar movement, including their risky wartime travels to Vietnam to engage in people-to-people diplomacy, and their reflections upon revisiting the country […]

Since the end of the Vietnam War, many still struggle to come to terms with the tumultuous period in U.S. history. In The People Make The Peace, nine U.S. activists discuss their roles in the antiwar movement, including their risky wartime travels to Vietnam to engage in people-to-people diplomacy, and their reflections upon revisiting the country […]

Since the end of the Vietnam War, many still struggle to come to terms with the tumultuous period in U.S. history. In The People Make The Peace, nine U.S. activists discuss their roles in the antiwar movement, including their risky wartime travels to Vietnam to engage in people-to-people diplomacy, and their reflections upon revisiting the country […]

  Peter Rachleff will present "The Civil Rights Movement Meets the Labor Movement: A Page from History." His focus will be the experiences and legacy of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in building both the labor movement and the Civil Rights Movement, nationally and in St. Paul. This talk is co-sponsored by Saint Paul […]

  Peter Rachleff will present "The Civil Rights Movement Meets the Labor Movement: A Page from History." His focus will be the experiences and legacy of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in building both the labor movement and the Civil Rights Movement, nationally and in St. Paul. This talk is co-sponsored by Saint Paul […]

  Peter Rachleff will present "The Civil Rights Movement Meets the Labor Movement: A Page from History." His focus will be the experiences and legacy of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in building both the labor movement and the Civil Rights Movement, nationally and in St. Paul. This talk is co-sponsored by Saint Paul […]

  Peter Rachleff will present "The Civil Rights Movement Meets the Labor Movement: A Page from History." His focus will be the experiences and legacy of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in building both the labor movement and the Civil Rights Movement, nationally and in St. Paul. This talk is co-sponsored by Saint Paul […]

The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a presentation by Luke Mielke, Macalester College Honors Student and Labor Activist. Learn about the courageous and creative efforts to local African American waiters during the Great Depression to unionize. They sought not only to achieve economic security but also to create the working conditions in which […]

The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a presentation by Luke Mielke, Macalester College Honors Student and Labor Activist. Learn about the courageous and creative efforts to local African American waiters during the Great Depression to unionize. They sought not only to achieve economic security but also to create the working conditions in which […]

The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a presentation by Luke Mielke, Macalester College Honors Student and Labor Activist. Learn about the courageous and creative efforts to local African American waiters during the Great Depression to unionize. They sought not only to achieve economic security but also to create the working conditions in which […]