Black Lives Matter at Work
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BLACK WOMEN ORGANIZING THE SOUTH<br />
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At the beginning of the 1968 sanit<strong>at</strong>ion workers strike in Memphis, where<br />
Martin Luther King was murdered, labor leaders tried to downplay the<br />
role of race in the strike. With the slogan, “I AM A MAN,” as a backdrop,<br />
women like Cornelia Crenshaw, a str<strong>at</strong>egist with Community on the Move<br />
for Equality, reminded th<strong>at</strong> race, and humanity, were central to the strike.<br />
Women marched, spoke <strong>at</strong> mass meetings, and were the backbone of the<br />
strike.<br />
In 1969, Charleston, South Carolina, hospital workers won a 113-day<br />
strike. Emboldened by the movement for racial justice n<strong>at</strong>ionwide, they<br />
credited the win to 1199 “union power” and Southern Christian<br />
Leadership Conference “soul power.”<br />
Told y'all #MiamiFinnaGetLoose ..... #<strong>Black</strong><strong>Work</strong><strong>M<strong>at</strong>ter</strong>s<br />
#WelcometoMiami pic.twitter.com/q58axRfl5D<br />
@Dreamdefenders, 7/9<br />
<strong>Work</strong>ers in Charleston are organizing in response to KKK intimid<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
http://bit.ly/1Hs6Tj8 #<strong>Black</strong><strong>Lives</strong><strong>M<strong>at</strong>ter</strong> pic.twitter.com/rFu34s79HC<br />
@RaiseUpfor15, 7/16<br />
Standing room only for workshop on #<strong>Black</strong><strong>Work</strong><strong>M<strong>at</strong>ter</strong>s and<br />
@And_Still_IRise reports <strong>at</strong> the @mvmt4bl conference.<br />
pic.twitter.com/iBECOuWVnr<br />
@seandtb, 7/24
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