The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly: Ben Fletcher

Published: May 1, 2023, 10 a.m.

b'Guest:\\xa0Peter Cole\\xa0is a professor of history at Western Illinois University in Macomb and a research associate in the Society, Work and Development Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.\\xa0 He is the author of the award-winning\\xa0Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area\\xa0and\\xa0Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia.\\xa0 He coedited\\xa0Wobblies of the World: A Global History of the IWW. He is the founder and codirector of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project.\\xa0 His latest book is\\xa0Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly.\\nThe post The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly: Ben Fletcher appeared first on KPFA.'