Working Class History on Nostr: #OtD 24 Sep 1883 during his Address to the National Convention of Colored Men in ...

#OtD 24 Sep 1883 during his Address to the National Convention of Colored Men in Kentucky, Frederick Douglass criticised trade unions that refused to organise Black workers. But most unions continued to be whites-only, with exceptions like the nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqxy350ccwfz7fmk3m8xz57jycfqcrfj4q6adf9992h425r2jf2t2s8fzqqd (nprofile…zqqd). https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9696/f.-douglass-criticises-unions-over-racism