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John Lotter was sentenced to death for his role in the 1993 killings of Brandon Teena, a 21-year-old transgender man, and two witnesses.
John Lotter was sentenced to death for his role in the 1993 killings of Brandon Teena, a 21-year-old transgender man, and two witnesses.
John Lotter was sentenced to death for his role in the 1993 killings of Brandon Teena, a 21-year-old transgender man, and two witnesses.
The defense accused prosecutors of using race and gender to exclude jurors.
Nasim Aghdam, who had been reported missing, had said YouTube was discriminating against her animal-rights and vegan videos.
Honoring the Life and Preserving the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
TTD
By recognizing social and economic justice as one and the same, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. understood the immense power working people have when they come together. He saw union representation as the clearest path out of poverty and into the middle class, and fought for the rights of all people to have good jobs and a voice at work.
In the Spring of 1968, those beliefs led King to Memphis, Tennessee, where 1,300 sanitation workers were on strike fighting deplorable working conditions, poverty-level wages and overt racism. Determined to improve their quality of life and build a better future for themselves, their families and their community, these workers demanded recognition of their union—and their humanity. Seeking the freedom to negotiate together for fair wages and dignity and respect on the job, they marched with now-iconic signs that read, "I am a man."
It was here, expressing solidarity with the striking workers and drawing parallels between social, racial and economic justice, that King was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of...
For over 15 years, the organization has led migrants from Central America to seek asylum elsewhere.
For over 15 years, the organization has led migrants from Central America to seek asylum elsewhere.
Trumka in Memphis: We’re reaching for that mountaintop
AFL-CIO
At the 1961 AFL-CIO Convention, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said that the labor-hater and labor-baiter is virtually always a twin-headed creature. He spews racism from one mouth and anti-labor propaganda from the other.
When the rich and powerful oppress others, they rarely go after just one community. They attack whatever unity they can find among working people. They know that united we rise and divided we fall.
It was 50 years ago that I first tasted the power of collective action in coal mines of southwestern Pennsylvania. Standing together, we made those jobs safer. We demanded good pay, decent benefits and a better life. And we refused to let the bosses divide us.
That same year, we saw the resilience of working people right here in Memphis. Black workers had been deemed less than human. They were treated no better than the garbage they picked up every day. They were robbed of their economic security, their human dignity and in the case of Echol Cole and Robert Walker, their lives.
And then the workers turned tragedy into triumph....
For over 15 years, Pueblo Sin Fronteras has led migrants from Central America to seek asylum elsewhere.
