“Ella Josephine Baker was committed to economic justice for all people and once said: ‘People cannot be free until there is enough work in this land to give everybody a job…'”
For Black History Month, we’re highlighting labor leaders and activists who have made an impact on the labor movement and civil rights movement.
Mr. Fred Hampton Sr.
“In 1968, he founded the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party and established a community service program that included free breakfast for school children and a free medical clinic…”
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“He immediately enrolled in the floor covering apprenticeship training program of Local Union 1288, and received certificates of completion from the IUPAT’s International Joint Apprenticeship Training Fund and the State of California Division of Apprenticeship Standards in 1980…”
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement 