Georg Olden was a graphic designer who would become the first African-American to design a stamp for the US Postal Service. The stamp was unveiled at a ceremony in the White House by John F. …
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Labor Never Quits
16 August marks the birthday of George Meany, long time President of the AFL-CIO. Born in 1894, In Harlem, New York City, to Irish American parents, Meany would quit school at 16 to become a …
Billyball!
16 May marks the birthday of baseball legend Billy Martin in 1928 in Berkeley, California. Martin was raised in a poor family of Italian and Portuguese ancestry. Martin would often describe the toughness he had …
When some fell..others would rise
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in Manhattan, New York City on March 25, 1911 was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers – …