From New Orleans to Detroit: Stories of Solidarity and Survival

This week on the Labor Heritage Power Hour, host Chris Garlock is joined by guest co-host Kimmon “MacGyver” Williams. In our first segment, MacGyver talks with Matt Olson from the New Orleans Worker Center for Racial Justice about Don’t Stand Alone, a striking traveling exhibit that recovers the hidden histories of Black labor organizing in New Orleans and brings them to life through art, storytelling, and solidarity.

Then Dan Golodner, co-host of the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast, talks with Dr. Kendra Boyd, author of “Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit”, which explores the history of Detroit’s Black migration, entrepreneurship, and the struggle against so-called “Negro removal” as urban renewal projects dismantled thriving Black business districts.

Plus: the latest labor arts news, including new unions at the San Diego Zoo, Broadway contract fights, Writers Guild recognition at children’s TV producers, and a remembrance of former United Steelworkers president Leo Gerard, honored for his deep support of labor art and culture.

Broadcast on September 25, 2025 on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC. and other Pacifica stations. 
Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman.
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