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Omaha Steve

(103,453 posts) Sat Jan 16, 2016, 11:14 PM 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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