William P. Jones

William P. Jones is a professor of history at the University of Minnesota and the author of The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights.

Racism and DiscriminationSeptember 8, 2021

What Is Owed

William Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen’s case for reparations.

William P. Jones
LaborOctober 7, 2019

The Workers That Built America

A new book puts the black working class at the center of American history.

William P. Jones
April 5, 2018

The Missed Opportunity of the Kerner Report

A new history recovers the forgotten legacy and radical implications of the Kerner Commission.

William P. Jones
LaborNovember 13, 2008

Obama’s New Deal

Obama has an opportunity to further racial and economic justice by fusing the New Deal and civil rights traditions.

William P. Jones
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LaborJanuary 11, 2006

Working-Class Hero

While the edges continue to be smoothed off Martin Luther King Jr.’s bracing challenges to racism, war and free-market exploitation, the holiday is a time to remember a leader who believed civil rights and labor rights are tightly intertwined.

William P. Jones