In recent years, issues pertaining to graduate student union organizing have been at the center of several political battles and court cases. This attention is, at least in part, due to the growth of graduate student unions at a time when organized labor's influence is receding in other, more traditionally unionized sectors of the labor force. As…

In this article, the author discusses the work of Dr. Grace Lee Boggs. It begins with a history of her childhood and education, then provides an account of Boggs's awakening to the cause of Black liberation, the history of her work within the movement, and her current activities. Throughout the article, other scholars discuss their deep…