“A Nest of Fascists: The Black Legion in Lima, Ohio, and its Appeal to White Working-Class Men (and A Few Women) during the Great Depression.”

Drawing from her new book What Can We Learn From the Great Depression? Stories of Ordinary People and Collective Action in Hard Times (Beacon Press, 2024), Dana Frank, Professor of History Emerita, University of California, Santa Cruz, tells the story of a conflict over fascism in Ohio during the 1930s and considers its significance for us today.