Interracial Organizing 2

By Anonymous (not verified) , 3 July, 2005
Author
Rita Sand

128 kbps mono, 22.3mb, 20:00min
In this segment, Peter Cole, Professor of History at Western Illinois University speaks about his research on Local 8, the IWW's celebrated union of black and white native-born and immigrant longshorement in Philadelphia. these men, led by the legendary black Wobbly, Ben Fletcher, represented the pinnacle of interracial organizing in the early 20th century.

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