Background
Georgakas, Dan was born on March 1, 1938. Son of Xenophon and Sophia (Poursoukas) Georgakas.
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This new South End Press edition makes available the full text of this out-of-print classic--along with a new foreword by Manning Marable, interviews with participants in DRUM, and reflections on political developments over the past threee decades by Georgakas and Surkin.
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( Detroit: I Do Mind Dying tracks the extraordinary devel...)
Detroit: I Do Mind Dying tracks the extraordinary development of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers as they became two of the landmark political organizations of the 1960s and 1970s. It is widely heralded as one the most important books on the black liberation movement. Marvin Surkin received his PhD in political science from New York University and is a specialist in comparative urban politics and social change. He worked at the center of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit. Dan Georgakas is a writer, historian, and activist with a long-time interest in social movements. He is the author of My Detroit, Growing up Greek and American in Motor City.
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This oral history is based on interviews done for the award-winning documentary The Wobblies. Studs Terkel said of this book, 'This study of the Wobblies is a vital part of our history that has never appeared in the traditional chronicles. It's time, high-time, we knew of this indigenous American movement. An excellent book.'
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Georgakas, Dan was born on March 1, 1938. Son of Xenophon and Sophia (Poursoukas) Georgakas.
Bachelor in American History, Wayne State University, 1959; Master of Arts in Labor History, University of Michigan, 1961.
Teacher English and social studies Detroit Public Schools, 1959-1964. Teacher history Overseas School Rome, 1965. Teacher New Jersey Council on Arts, 1972-1978.
Instructor English and history LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, 1972-1981. Instructor Van Arsdale School Labor Studies, Empire College, State University of New York, 1979-1994. Instructor Queens College, City University of New York, since 1988.
Instructor American history department continuing education New York University, New York City, since 1991. Guest lecturer Wayne State University, University Michigan, Michigan State University, Antioch College, Rutgers University, University California, Berkeley, York University, University Chicago, Harvard University, Fordham University, numerous others, since 1965. Speaker professional conferences.
Instructor labor and film course Cornell University, New York City Center, 1992. Script consultant labor history project Station WGBH, television, 1976. Curator Greek Ethnographic Film Festival, New York City, 1983, New York Society for Ethical Clubure, 1987-1988.
Media consultant American Left project Tamiment Library., New York University, 1983. Executive director Smyrna Press, since 1964.
( This new South End Press edition makes available the fu...)
( Detroit: I Do Mind Dying tracks the extraordinary devel...)
(This oral history is based on interviews done for the awa...)
(Native American Studies, American Studies, American History)
(This book has wear but is in acceptible condition)
Judge Helen Z. Papanikolas Foundation, 1990-1993. Member National Writers Union, American Labor Council, Historians American Communism, United University Professionals, Labor Educators Local 189.