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History Talks! The FBI and Candy Man: Monitoring Fred Haley, A Voice of Reason During Times of Madness
Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 6 p.m., online Zoom webinar
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David Price considers how Fred Haley, the owner of Tacoma’s successful Brown and Haley Candy Company and a leading member of Tacoma’s business community and active civic leader came under FBI surveillance because he spoke out for the protection of workers' rights, civil liberties, and civil rights during the McCarthy period of 1950s. Drawing on archival records and Haley FBI file released under the Freedom of Information Act, we will consider how local and federal powers monitored and harassed Haley as he resisted repressive political forces here in Washington state. Like many other victims of McCarthyism, it was his public advocacy for racial equality that brought him investigations and harassment by the FBI, local business groups, and conservative political organizations.
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History Talks! Thurston County Homefront During World War I
Thursday, April 8, 2021, 6 p.m., online Zoom webinar
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Historian Jennifer Crooks’ illustrated presentation will explore the lives of people in Lacey and Thurston County during World War I. The war impacted nearly every aspect of life. Topics will include service organizations like the Red Cross, shipbuilding, food rationing, schools (including Saint Martin’s University) and veterans.
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History Talks!A Snapshot in Time: Salmon, Historical Craft, and the Culvert Case
Monday, May 10, 2021, 6 p.m., online Zoom webinar
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Narratives about the past usually trace change over time, but legal proceedings insist on the opposite: the past is fixed in time and place. For historians, the demands are very different when writing for this standard. Contexts are narrow and specific. All that matters is the moment. What happened later is irrelevant. Historian Joseph Taylor will discuss how he addressed these demands while working as an expert witness in U.S. et al. v. Washington, commonly called the "Culvert Case.” He will explain the challenges of reconstructing ecological and cultural conditions at the time of the Stevens treaties in 1854 and 1855, as well as the implications of this form of history on how we understand our own times.
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