Tag: April 1933
Shippers Demand Investigation, Weslaco, Texas, 1933.
In a bold move, over 25 shippers from the Valley gathered in Harlingen yesterday afternoon, demanding an investigation into the alleged flogging of cash buyers at Weslaco. Related Federal Cases Austin ISD, Violation of Texas Womens Privacy Act, TX, 2023 · Texas Xcel Energy, Environmental Negligence, Texas, 2024 · Alabama Ken Paxton Probes Anticompetitive Firetruck…
Blood on the Streets: AFL Leaders Exposed in Brutal Union Attack
On April 25, 1933, the city of Chicago witnessed a brazen and deadly assault on the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union in the latest chapter of a chilling saga of labor unrest. The attack, which left two gangsters dead and 22 workers wounded, was not a spontaneous outburst of violence, but a carefully planned and…
Riotous Protests Planned in NYC as Justice for Scottsboro Boy Remains Elusive
In a brewing storm of civil unrest, Scottsboro boy victim sympathizers are set to stage a massive protest march in New York City, drawing thousands of people from diverse backgrounds. The event, expected to attract between 25,000 to 50,000 participants, is a potent reminder of the deep-seated racial tensions simmering beneath the surface of American…
Unemployed Women Organize Protests, Indiana 1932
As the Great Depression tightens its grip on Indianapolis, a storm is brewing among the city’s female workforce. Last year, women at Bryn Mawr’s summer school for workers underwent a radical transformation – they learned to analyze their own experiences with unemployment, low wages, and the erosion of living standards. The results are now public,…
World Leaders Unite to Battle the Beast: A Historic Gathering to Combat Depression
April 9, 1933, marked a pivotal day in the fight against the common enemy that had gripped the world – depression. In a bold move, President Roosevelt of the United States shouldered the leadership of the world’s first organized effort to tackle this menace. The invitation was extended to the world’s top leaders, and in…
Heywood Patterson, Rape by Force, Alabama 1933
April 8, 1933, Decatur, Alabama – In a shocking turn of events, Solicitor Wade Wright descended into the depths of desperation, accusing defense witnesses in the high-profile Scottsboro case of being bought with ‘Jew money.’ Wright, determined to reconvict Heywood Patterson, one of nine African American men charged with attacking two white women on a…
