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Ala. board approves pardons for “Scottsboro Boys”

November 21, 2013 By Phillip Rawls

The state's parole board wrote a new ending for the infamous "Scottsboro Boys" rape case Thursday morning by approving posthumous pardons more than 80 years after the arrests.

Ericka Huggins calls for continued conversations on race

November 15, 2013 By A.B. Wilkinson

On Monday, Oct. 28th, educator and activist Ericka Huggins spoke to students in an open forum at Laney College in Oakland, California.

AFL-CIO launches ad campaign to press GOP on immigration reform

November 6, 2013 By Mike Hall

The fate of comprehensive immigration reform with a road map to citizenship that fully protects the rights of all workers is in the hands of House Republicans.

Today in labor history: Susan B. Anthony tries to vote

November 6, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Despite being fined, Anthony responded, "I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty," and, true to her word, never paid the fine for the rest of her life.

Today in labor history: NAACP sends “Appeal to the World” to the UN

October 23, 2013 By Special to People’s World

The U.S. delegation to the UN, which included NAACP board member Eleanor Roosevelt, refused to introduce the petition.