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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-11 09:32 PM
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Today in Labor History Mar 21 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led a march from Selma to Montgomery

March 21

American Labor Union founded - 1853


March 21, 1965 - Led by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., some 3,200 people began their march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest racial violence. Earlier efforts to hold the march had failed when police attacked demonstrators and a while minister was fatally beaten by a group of Selma whites. The five-day walk ended March 26, when 20,000 people joined the marchers in front of the Alabama state Capitol in Montgomery. Soon after, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_03_21_2011
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-11 09:32 PM
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1. k and r--thank you for reminding us of this day
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