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This Day in Labor History: October 30, 1962

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 30, 2023

On October 30, 1962, 13 members of United Steelworkers of America Local 2401, working with Herbert Hill, one of the top officials in the NAACP, filed a decertification petition over the continued segregation and racism in their local. This moment of civil rights activism both...

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,343

By Erik Loomis

On May 11, 2023

This is the grave of Roy Wilkins. Born in St. Louis in 1901, Wilkins immediately experienced the horrors of American racism, even as he was born. His father was not.

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NAACP and Charter Schools

By Erik Loomis

On August 30, 2016

Above: Charter school hacks Glad to see the NAACP come out against charter schools and the fraud that they offer African-Americans a better education. With charter schools educating as many.