Beatrice Lumpkin

Beatrice Lumpkin is a long time labor activist with laundry workers, steelworkers, and teachers. As a math professor at Malcolm X College in Chicago, she fought to restore the contributions of people of color to the educational curriculum. She has served as a multicultural consultant to textbook publishers and to public schools in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Portland, Ore. She is the author of “Always Bring a Crowd, the story of Frank Lumpkin Steelworker” and “Joy in the Struggle, My Life and Love.” Beatrice Lumpkin is an active member of the Teachers Union and SOAR.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Beatrice Lumpkin

Labor

Steelworkers lobby for jobs, jobs, jobs — good, green and safe
May 14, 2010 By Beatrice Lumpkin
WASHINGTON — "Our people want to work!" Rep. Betty Sutton of Ohio declared at the 1,000-strong Steelworker Rapid Response Conference here on May 6.
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Opinion

Tax Policy and class struggle
February 17, 2010 By Beatrice Lumpkin
Who pays taxes, the rich or poor, is an important party of the class struggle.
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U.S.

Second $250 stimulus urged for 57 million
October 26, 2009 By Beatrice Lumpkin
President Obama has asked for a second $250 stimulus for 57 million people on Social Security, who will be hit by higher prescription drug premiums next year - another reason health care reform is needed.
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Opinion

Book exposes wage theft and how to stop it
September 13, 2009 By Beatrice Lumpkin
"Is that about the two and half million prison workers?" my nurse asked as she walked to my bed. I was reading Kim Bobo's book,
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PrintEditions

D for dud
January 13, 2006 By Carrie Maloney And Beatrice Lumpkin
We received the following response to our Nov. 19-25 column, “Medicare Part D is a dog,” by Beatrice Lumpkin. This letter points out that the automatic enrollment in Part D of all Medicaid patients has some...
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PrintEditions

Hattie Lumpkin, Mother and Fighter for Socialism
July 15, 2004 By Beatrice Lumpkin
The women who marched to save women’s lives in Washington, DC this month were standing on the shoulders of giants. Hattie Lumpkin or “Ma” was one of those giants.
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Labor

WOMENS HISTORY MONTH: I helped organize the CIO
March 14, 2003 By Beatrice Lumpkin
I was not quite 19 but I answered the call to help organize the laundry workers of New York City. In two months, our staff of 30, half of us Communists, organized 20,000 workers.
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