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Colored workers of America why you should join the IWW

A 1919 pamphlet put out by the Industrial Workers of the World in response to the widespread race rioting of that year.

Submitted by laborbund on September 3, 2012
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  • racism
  • Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
  • 1910s
  • North America
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