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Lead Belly discography released

February 23, 2015

Did he really sing his way out of Southern prisons twice? Did he really travel and sing with the legendary Blind Lemon Jefferson?

Obama uses Pullman monument dedication to push workers’ rights

February 23, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

"Dignity and opportunity aren't just gifts to be handed down by a generous government or by a generous employer. They are rights."

Today in African American history: A double birthday

February 20, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Sir Sidney Poitier, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE), was born in Miami, Fla., on February 20, 1927, of Bahamian parentage.

Three-fifths a citizen: Are corporations really people?

February 19, 2015 By Kelly Sinclair

Today there is another group who has figured out how to use the language of citizenship to twist the rules in their favor: Corporations.

Today in people’s history: The Japanese internment

February 19, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Over 127,000 Japanese Americans were sent to ten concentration camps in remote areas of Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and inland California.