Join the Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR), for a presentation by Dr. Godfrey Vincent, author of Rebels at the Gates: The Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) in the Era of George Weekes, 1962-1987. This will be an engaging discussion about the struggles for workers’ rights in the Caribbean during the 1960s to 1980s and the lessons that can be used in the US labor movement today for better working conditions.
Friday, November 17, 2023 | 12:30 – 2:00 PM (EST)
240 Dockser Hall | Zoom (Hybrid event)
Dr. Vincent, Associate Professor of History at Wilberforce University, will be joined by Karl E. Klare, George J. and Katheleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor and professor of law at Northeastern University School of Law; and Selwyn R. Cudjoe, Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College. Dr. Deborah Jackson, managing director of CLEAR, will moderated the discussion.
This is a hybrid event.
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Please contact CLEAR@northeastern.edu
Co-sponsored by:
Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR)
The John D. O’Bryant African American Institute at Northeastern University
Nov 17, 2023
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm