Join Peter Cole, author of Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly, Raymond Tyler and Summer McClinton, author and illustrator of Black Coal and Red Bandanas: An Illustrated History of the West Virginia Mine Wars, and others at the Reuther-Pollack Labor History Symposium IX on Saturday, August 30th in Wheeling, WV at the WALS Foundation.

Learn more here and see the schedule below.

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, August 30, 2025

Doors Open: 9:30 am for Registration & Continental Breakfast

10:00 am – Dr. Peter Cole

“Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly ”

11:00 am – Dr. Jeffrey Johnson

“This Dastardly Act’: San Francisco’s 1916 Preparedness Day Bombing”

12 pm – Lunch Break: Lunch provided; Reuther Birthday Celebration; Walking Tour to the Reuther & Pollack monuments led by Dr. Hal Gorby

2:00 pm Raymond Tyler (author) and Summer McClinton (illustrator)

“Black Coal and Red Bandanas: An Illustrated History of the West Virginia Mine Wars” – Graphic Novel

3:00 pm – James Schneider

“Joe Hill (Movie) A union organizer tries to change the world with his music and is met with violence” – Movie

4:00 pm – John Russell

“Union Organizing and Democracy”