The miners realized that in order to be successful, they needed to organize like they worked — together. Brendan Muckian-Bates, IWW press officer, says IWW was always integrated because the union understood their efforts were stronger that way. Muckian-Bates says the IWW formed from a coalition of more militant unions in 1905, believing aggressive tactics won more victories.
This intersectionality was incredibly important but also in direct opposition to U.S. law at the time, according toassistant professor of African American and African Diaspora studies at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Parry says that after the reconstruction period following the Civil War, white America was afraid of empowered Black men who could vote and run for elected office.
However, Black and white Americans often flouted the law, and Parry says that even during the Civil War people got together to drink, gamble, and exchange goods. In short, the law wasn’t always real life, despite the best efforts of police officers, elected officials, and powerful business interests. Yet segregation and racist violence were powerful forces across the U.S.
John Sayles made a great movie about this called Matewan.
Teen Vogue yet again doing better articles than most newspapers and magazines
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