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Today in labor history: MLK honored by Carter
July 11, 2012Martin Luther King Jr. was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
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Bernice Blohm Diskin, “Greatest Generation” communist, dies at 91
July 10, 2012One of the last Communist Party USA members from the "Greatest Generation" of World War II, Bernice Blohm Diskin, passed away June 25 at age 91.
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Today in labor history: Homestead strikers battle Pinkerton thugs
July 6, 2012On July 6, 1892, under the cover of darkness, two barges, loaded with armed Pinkerton thugs hired by the Carnegie Steel Co., landed on the south bank of the Monongahela River.
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Blood and citizenship: Black soldiers and the 4th of July
July 3, 2012As we celebrate Independence Day, it is worth remembering how important documents are to us - and where the authority for those documents comes from.
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Today in history: Civil Rights Act signed
July 2, 2012On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, a historic advance for all Americans.
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