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1-21-16 The Charleston Five in 2:00
http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/january-21-2016-the-charleston-five/
January 21, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 2000. Just after midnight six hundred police officers clashed with picketing longshoreman in Charleston, South Carolina. The port in Charleston ranked the fourth largest in the United States.
2:00 minute audio at link.
