Detroit, Theory, Practice: The League of Revolutionary Black Workers and Black Power at the Point of Production, 1967-1971
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This paper examines the work of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers as it
developed out of the Detroit Rebellion of 1967, the city’s prosperous auto industry, the labor
movement and the Black Freedom struggle. Heavily influenced by personal experiences in the
civil rights and Black Power movements as well as the work of James and Grace Lee Boggs, the
League’s leadership cadre created an organizing program unique from that of the Black Panther
Party that can provide contemporary activists with an example of intersectional mass movement
building informed by a careful attention to conditions and strategy.