The Social Justice History Project is maintained by me, Toby Higbie. The domain name was once home to the Justice for Janitors History Project, a site that crashed, burned, and was partially resurrected by the Memory Work LA project. Nowadays, this is a space to gather information about my digital and public history collaboration projects.

My current research explores organizing networks and progressive coalitions in the late 20th century U.S., especially the evolving links between labor and immigration rights movements. Previously, I’ve written about this history of working-class self-education, robots, and hobos.

I teach and research history and labor studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

You can find me on Bluesky @thigbie.bsky.social‬.