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Omaha Steve

(99,502 posts) Sun Jan 17, 2016, 12:13 AM Jan 2016

1-15-16 Fighting for Opportunity in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/january-15-2016-fighting-for-opportunity/

January 15, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1941. That was the day that black labor leader, A Philip Randolph, issued a call for a March on Washington. He proposed the march to bring attention to the employment discrimination faced by African American workers.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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1-15-16 Fighting for Opportunity in 2:00 (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jan 2016 OP

Very nice Number23 Jan 2016 #1

Number23

(24,544 posts)

1. Very nice

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Sun Jan 17, 2016, 05:23 PM

Jan 2016

And it's nice to see that A Philip Randolph's history wasn't changed to suit some people's purposes.

I keep hearing about how MLK suddenly became more than "just" a civil rights icon from some here.

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