Cedric de Leon

Professor of Sociology & Labor Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Labor, Race, Politics

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

Western Mass! The UMass Amherst Labor Center is hosting a joint book talk featuring Eric Blanc & me Mon, Sept 29 @ 4pm in the Old Chapel. Amherst Books will have copies available for purchase. Register w QR code below or by visiting https://t.co/FBd7Ufvl5G @ucpress @NaomiUCPress

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

Excited to announce a joint book talk this Fri, Sept 12, on the theme "Strategies for Revitalizing Labor" with Eric Blanc.Join us in person at the Janice H. Levin Building, 94 Rockefeller Rd in Piscataway, NJ or on Zoom at:
https://t.co/dbOZAWFwau @ucpress @NaomiUCPress

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

Join me at the "Solidarity is a Verb" panel at Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago, Plymouth Court Stage, Sat, Sept 6 at 12 noon where I'll discuss my new book, "Freedom Train." Mark your calendars and bring a friend! Full event schedule here: https://t.co/L7lfBZ2zm6 @ucpress

[This Is Hell! @thisishellradio]

WIN a signed copy of @kcarterjackson's "We Refuse" (@SealPress) on Black resistance, or @Prof_deLeon's "Freedom Train" (@ucpress) on interracial labor solidarity at our Saturday, Sept. 6, Listener Appreciation Party at @CarysLounge.

Doors open at 3PM.

https://t.co/Opjvuk77Bb

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

To quote the movie Matewan: "Any union that keeps a worker out on account of his race ain't a union. It's a goddam club." This Labor Day, read about the brave people who desegregated the labor movement. Buy my book "Freedom Train": https://t.co/FqIqmbD5rU. @ucpress @NaomiUCPress

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

Join me at UCLA on Wed, May 7@1pm in Bunche 6272 to discuss my book, Freedom Train. Let's explore the origins of interracial solidarity together! Register at https://t.co/WCQOoqA7J4. Thx to ⁦@kevankharris⁩ ⁦@uclairle⁩ ⁦@SociologyUcla⁩ ⁦@UCLAHist⁩

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

@AaronFoote_ Thanks Aaron!

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

My new book, Freedom Train, on the role of Black workers in desegregating the US labor movement, drops today!
1. Order now. Code UCPSAVE30 to get 30% off from @ucpress
2. Share on social media
3. Post an Amazon review
4. Request the book at your local library @NaomiUCPress

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

New Haven friends: I’ll be back from sabbatical for a one day engagement at Yale to present on my new book, Freedom Train. The talk is at 12 noon Wed, March 5 at 493 College St, Room 106. Hope to see you there! ⁦⁦@ucpress⁩ ⁦⁦@NaomiUCPress⁩ ⁦⁦@YaleSoc⁩

[Paige Hanson @Paige_Hanson1]

Check out my video published for @masslivenews! Huge shoutouts to @RyleeDa54805330 @LalehPanahi (my partners-in-crime), @stevejfox, @Prof_deLeon and @Digital_Nicole 🤗

https://t.co/P2pMRwDKAr

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

@Paige_Hanson1 @masslivenews @RyleeDa54805330 @LalehPanahi @stevejfox @Digital_Nicole Congrats Paige!

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

Happy MLK Day! If you are in the DC area, please come to my talk, "Labor, Slavery & Antiblackness" at the Georgetown Law School Workers' Rights Institute this Thurs, Jan 23 @ 2pm, reception to follow. Many thanks to @ProfJamillahBW @ucpress @NaomiUCPress

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

For those in the DC area, please come to my book talk at Georgetown Law School! @ucpress @NaomiUCPress

[WorkersRightsInstitute @WorkersRtsInst]

Join us for a book talk with @Prof_deLeon, Professor of Sociology and Labor Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, on 1/23/25 at 2pm.

RSVP here: https://t.co/oaAQFDzuwv

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

Pre-order my new book Freedom Train! Most accounts of interracial labor solidarity are about white progressives. In Freedom Train I center the role of Black activists in desegregating American unions. Get 30% off with code UCPSAVE30 https://t.co/FqIqmbD5rU @ucpress @NaomiUCPress

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

@MichaelRMuniz Who are you and what have you done with Michael.

[Work in Progress @WIPsociology]

Why did interracial solidarity fail to gain traction in postbellum organized labor? Read more by Venus Green (@UMassSociology) and Cedric de Leon (@Prof_deLeon) at: https://t.co/z7EVe62Yzy

[ASA Section on Labor and Labor Movements @asa_labor]

Check out our section member @Prof_deLeon's recent contribution to the Work in Progress blog entitled Anti-Blackness and the Historical Limits of Progressive Trade Unionism! https://t.co/lS0MmSUnlb

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

Proud to co-author this essay with @UMassSociology PhD student Venus Green in the @WIPsociology blog: “Anti-Blackness and the Historical Limits of Progressive Trade Unionism” - https://t.co/FZuzJ2AsG4

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

Letter to the editor of @insidehighered on McGill University’s effort to bust their faculty union @eidlin https://t.co/1XrwonrWU1

[Cedric de Leon @Prof_deLeon]

Proud to share the full text of my paper w/ @UMassSociology student Venus Green in @SREJournal "The Ruse of Recognition: Black Labor in the Afterlife of Slavery" @ASA_SREM https://t.co/lpKrq25Rec via @academia