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Robert “Bob” Korstad: A Life Rooted in Labor

May 11, 2026 by Alex Rodriguez

Robert “Bob” Korstad has been surprised by the renewed interest from union leaders and workers in his 2003 book, “Civil Rights Unionism,” which details tobacco worker organizing in Winston-Salem in the 1940s. His work even inspired a 32-song opera, “Love Songs from the Liberation Wars,” and a short documentary film about the Winston-Salem sit-down strike.

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