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Omaha Steve

(103,480 posts) Sat Apr 18, 2015, 09:51 PM Apr 2015

4-18-15 You have more than likely heard of Rosa Parks in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/april-18-1429371982/

You have more than likely heard of Rosa Parks, and how she heroically sat down on a bus to help end segregation in Montgomery, Alabama. But did you know discrimination often barred black bus drivers, even in northern cities?

2:00 minute audio at link.

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4-18-15 You have more than likely heard of Rosa Parks in 2:00 (Original Post) Omaha Steve Apr 2015 OP

I remember this time... yallerdawg Apr 2015 #1

yallerdawg

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1. I remember this time...

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Sat Apr 18, 2015, 10:16 PM

Apr 2015

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was on a yacht off US territorial waters "experimenting" with marijuana! He was a character, unlike modern New York Congressional representatives.

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