Professor, historian, and activist Peter Cole gave an energetic talk on January 8th about his latest book project, Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area. This works provides a compelling comparative study of race, labor, and social justice. Cole’s pathbreaking research explores how unions strategically leverage their collective power to enact lasting change.
To learn more about Cole’s work, visit his faculty profile page at Western Illinois University. His Twitter handle is @ProfPeterCole.