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“Free the Wilmington Ten!” forty years later
January 4, 2013Forty years. Damn it's been a long time.
Read moreToday in labor history: Starving farmers demand food
January 3, 2013In the depths of the Great Depression, some 500 farmers marched into the town of England, Ark., to demand food for their starving families.
Read moreToday in Labor History: first black speaker of Mississippi legislature elected
January 2, 2013On this day, in 1872 John Roy Lynch, an African American former slave, was elected speaker of the Mississippi House.
Read moreToday in Labor History: Miners’ union formed
December 28, 2012It was the first attempt to found a national miner's union.
Read moreToday in Labor History: Picketing declared unconstitutional
December 21, 2012On this day in 1921 the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice William Howard Taft, declared that picketing was unconstitutional.
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