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The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America

The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America12 feb58 min

John Fabian Witt recounts how in the 1920s and 1930s Charles Garland donated his million-dollar inheritance to the American Fund for Public Service, or Garland Fund, to support progressive causes and organizations he believed could challenge inequality and reshape capitalism and democracy in America.

Dr. Witt is a Professor of History and the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law at Yale University and author of The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America.

Related Resources:

The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America

Related Collections:

Brookwood Labor College Records (LR000567_BLC)

John and Phyllis Collier Papers (LP000141)

Richard W. and Constance Cowen Papers (LP000924)

Henry Richardson Linville Papers (LP000373)

UAW President’s Office: Walter P. Reuther Records (LR000261)

Episode Credits

Interviewee: John Fabian Witt