Sep 4, 2017
Happy Labor Day! Today's episode asks (and potentially answers) the question of what Labor Day should mean to the black community. We learn a bit about the holiday's origins and take an in-depth look into several early 20th Century events that shaped labor relations and black economics for the following generations.
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/9/6/1417213/-Labor-Day-the-labor-movement-and-black-Americans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_racial_violence_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_race_riot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_St._Louis_riots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Summer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_race_riot_of_1919
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha_race_riot_of_1919
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_race_riot
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