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I have always been interested in the history of the welfare state amd the ideas behind it, and also the history of the welfare state in different countries. I pioneered the teaching of what was then called "Negro" history, starting a course at º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ in 1965.

Recent publications include a book on Bayard Rustin (Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement, Rutgers University Press, 2000). I've been interested in him since he came to º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ to speak in the 60s. He was an important but lesser known figure in the Civil Rights Movement from the 1940s to the 1980s. He maintained devotion to integration and non-violence, even as those two values lost their appeal for many in the black community.

Rustin was a strong supporter of organized labor. My next work is a study of welfare institutions within labor unions, particularly garment-trade workers centered around New York from 1920-1960.

April 28, 2006
Retirement Lecture: Another Sort of Radicalism 

Previous Experience: Assistant Professor, Earlham College; Visiting Professor, University of Copenhagen; Visiting Professor, University of Munich, Germany

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