2010.54.20134

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Ben Fletcher
1987
22 in HIGH x 17 in WIDE
(55.88 cm HIGH x 43.18 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.20134

Ben Fletcher / Marine Transport Workers IU 510 / The MTW-IWW introduced non-segregated Union Locals on the Waterfronts of Baltimore, Norfolk and Philadelphia as well as ports on the Gulf. The best Organizer was Ben Fletcher. As an Orator, his ringing voice needed no microphone and his sense of humor put many a heckler on the run. / "What has miscegenation got to do with ____ our Job Conditions? _________ I don''t see anyone here as Black as I am. But we all damn well know the reason!" / Industrial Workers of the World





Poster with a woodcut style illustration of Ben Fletcher with white lines on blue background. White text about Fletcher to the left and right.

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