Tag: July 1937
Shirlee Frocks, Disorderly Conduct, New York 2024
In the sweltering Texas heat of July 1937, the city of San Antonio found itself caught in the midst of a bitter labor dispute. The Shirlee Frocks plant, a bastion of female labor, had been the site of contentious picketing for weeks. But on Wednesday, July 28, the situation came to a head as two…
William Borah, Betrayal of the Black Community, Nebraska 1924
In a scathing rebuke, Senator William E. Borah of Idaho has left the Black community in Omaha reeling. According to an analysis from The Crisis in 1930, Borah’s words and actions reveal a stark lack of understanding and empathy for the hopes, ambitions, and rights of African American Americans. On July 25th of that year,…
