"For Higher Wages! For Unemployment Insurance! For Recognition of the Labor Unions!!"

"For Higher Wages! For Unemployment Insurance! For Recognition of the Labor Unions!!"

Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races because "united action of white and Negro workers is the way to win." It also includes a copy of the meeting permit issued (and later revoked) b...

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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Alabama documents
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collection Alabama Textual Materials Collection
building Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher Alabama Department of Archives and History
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spellingShingle Alabama documents
"For Higher Wages! For Unemployment Insurance! For Recognition of the Labor Unions!!"
fulltopic Alabama documents
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Alabama--Race relations; Communism--Alabama; Communist Party of the United States of America; Labor and laboring classes--Alabama; Labor movement--Alabama; Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.)
description Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races because "united action of white and Negro workers is the way to win." It also includes a copy of the meeting permit issued (and later revoked) by the city, and it lists the demands of the organization (such as "Equal rights for Negroes"; the release of the nine "Scottsboro boys"; and "a Soviet America where the bosses will be kicked out and the working people will run the U.S. and own everything"). It also includes a brief announcement about the rally to be held in the city on May 1.
spelling Q0000034141Q34141"For Higher Wages! For Unemployment Insurance! For Recognition of the Labor Unions!!"Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races because "united action of white and Negro workers is the way to win." It also includes a copy of the meeting permit issued (and later revoked) by the city, and it lists the demands of the organization (such as "Equal rights for Negroes"; the release of the nine "Scottsboro boys"; and "a Soviet America where the bosses will be kicked out and the working people will run the U.S. and own everything"). It also includes a brief announcement about the rally to be held in the city on May 1.193419341930-1939African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Alabama--Race relations; Communism--Alabama; Communist Party of the United States of America; Labor and laboring classes--Alabama; Labor movement--Alabama; Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; Birmingham (Ala.); Jefferson County (Ala.)TextFliers (Printed matter)Alabama. Governor (1931-1935 : Miller)Alabama Governor (1931-1935 : Miller) administrative filesSG019922v9275Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/3909
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