The Rich History and Underestimated Political Clout of the Black Working Class Historian Blair Kelley shows how modern labor struggles have their roots in the Black experience.

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Her speech focused on the story of the city’s black washerwomen’s strike of 1881, when thousands of women – including some less than a generation out of slavery –walked off the job seeking ...

The Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential candidate built her speech to supporters Thursday around Atlanta’s black washerwomen strike of 1881.

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In 2017, playwright Kelundra Smith first learned about the Atlanta 1881 Washerwomen’s Strike by way of a small panel in an enormous, centuries-spanning exhibit at the National Museum of African ...

Warren’s address recounted how black washerwomen went on strike in 1881 to advocate for domestic worker rights.

View In the style of Hubert ROBERT Washerwomen in the ruins beside a river Pen and black ink, gray wash. Significant folds on the edges, slightly oiled, stained. 46 x 58 cm Style of Robert Hubert; Pen ...