racism
Today in labor history: First national meeting of African Americans
August 20, 2013On August 20, 1830 the National Negro Convention held its first meeting in Philadelphia. The event was chaired and led by Bishop Richard Allen.
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Today in labor history: Paul Robeson loses passport appeal
August 16, 2013On August 16, 1955, internationally known actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson lost his court appeal to force the U.S. State Department to grant him a passport.
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Petition: Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, please quit!
August 16, 2013An online petition, supported by the Detroit branch of the NAACP, is calling on Kevyn Orr to resign for "vile and callous"comments.
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“Fruitvale Station”: an American tragedy
July 29, 2013Ryan Coogler gives us Fruitvale Station as a symbolic recapitulation of the Stations of the Cross, recounting the last 30-plus hours of Oscar Grant III's life.
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Rep. Steve King’s idiot remarks are serious problem
July 26, 2013The comments of Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, which stereotype undocumented immigrants as drug smugglers, have embarrassed his own Republican Party, yet are part of a larger anti-immigrant, racist agenda.
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