Listening to Workers: A Humanizing Perspective

Michigan Notable Author Daniel Clark at Fremont Library

The Fremont Area District Library is proud to host Michigan Notable author Daniel Clark as part of the Michigan Notable Books Author Tour. 

Daniel Clark Presents: Listening to Workers - Using interviews and archival research, Listening to Workers: Oral Histories of Metro Detroit Autoworkers in the 1950s uncovers the personal and often overlooked lives of Detroit-area autoworkers in the 1950s. The book explores the complexities of their experiences, addressing issues like poverty, divorce, workplace dangers, and personal struggles, challenging the notion of the 1950s as a time of widespread prosperity. Offering a humanizing perspective, it presents workers as multidimensional individuals, with rich, personal stories that go beyond traditional labor history. This event will take place in the library’s Community Room on Tuesday, May 27th at 7:00 p.m.

Special thanks to the sponsors of this event: The Library of Michigan, The Library of Michigan Foundation, and Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment of the Humanities.