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> Civil Rights Act Do you have a source for this? The Wikipedia entry on the Civil Rights Act hardly mentions unions.
by dehrmann 4y ago
> Civil Rights Act
Do you have a source for this? The Wikipedia entry on the Civil Rights Act hardly mentions unions.
- yerpyerpyerp 4y agoUnions were integral to the success of the Civil Rights Movement. Without them, boycotts would not have been successful. MLK Jr. spoke often about the rights of workers in his speeches, although this is rarely discussed today outside of leftist circles.[0] There's quite a bit of literature on organized labor's relationship to the Civil Rights Movement, here are just a couple of examples[1][2]. 0: https://www.afscme.org/about/history/mlk/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-on-labor https://www.afscme.org/about/history/mlk/dr-martin-luther-ki... 1: https://teamster.org/2021/02/civil-rights-and-the-labor-movement-a-historical-overview/ https://teamster.org/2021/02/civil-rights-and-the-labor-move... 2: https://www.epi.org/blog/labor-rights-and-civil-rights-one-intertwined-struggle-for-all-workers/ https://www.epi.org/blog/labor-rights-and-civil-rights-one-i...