Talk by Professor Peter Dreier on Progressive Movements

From the Center for Community Change:

A Century of Social Justice:

Is a New Progressive Movement on the Horizon?

Busboys & Poets Bookstore

14th and V Streets, NW

Washington, DC

6:30 – 8:00 PM

Wednesday, January 30th

Peter Dreier, professor of politics and chair of the Urban and Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College, in his new book, The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20 Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame, has assembled an honor roll of people who moved progressive ideas into the mainstream throughout the last century. 


Dreier’s concise and inspiring biographies show how reformers and radicals, often outcasts, made America a more democratic and equitable society for all. The range of people he profiles is broad—from W.E.B. Du Bois and John L. Lewis to Harvey Milk and Bruce Springsteen. Dreier provides us with a look at a century of progressive accomplishments against overwhelming odds.