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Labor Battle Over Color Lines in South Carolina Textile Union
The American Federation of Labor led by William Green seeks to organize South Carolina textile workers without color barriers. Green told a New York audience that unions banning negro membership would charter black applicants, promising protection and support to black unionists. White workers face questions about parity with black labor and funding strikes, amid tensions over the Pullman porters strike and broader racial integration in unions.
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William Greens
Federation
South Carolina
William Green
New York Times
Federation of Labor
Green
American” Federation of Labor
Mr. Green
American Federation of Labor
New York
American Federation
Feder
Abysinia Baptist Church
Thirty-etth Street
Dnelem Ota
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Dabbor
Seouf Negro Union
Baen Peture
Eritine
Piatho Randolph
Fawin
Aisha
Ian Eyrie