Latest Past Events

The Michigan Labor History Society Annual Meeting

Operating Engineers Education Center 1550 Howard St, Detroit

Please join the Michigan Labor History Society on June 17th for our 2025 Annual Meeting, featuring guest speaker labor educator and union activist Steve Babson presenting: Truth to Power: When Coleman Young Defied the Red Scare: When the House Un-American Activities Committee came to Detroit in 1952, Coleman Young's defiance of HUAC's right-wing inquisitors won him […]

Ford Hunger March Reenactment and Concert

Fort Street Bridge Interpretive Park 12700 Denmark St, Detroit, MI 48217, United States, Detroit

In March 1932 hundreds of jobless workers marched to the Ford Rouge plant to demand relief. They were met with bullets, and five workers were killed: Joe Bussell, Joe DiBlasio, Joe York, Coleman Leny, and Curtis Williams. We will walk in their memory on. 10 am: Meet at Fort Street Bridge Park, Oakwood & Fort […]