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Clipping from Providence R.I. Journal, 1932

Journal clipping reviewing Spivak's fiction novel and explaining the prison conditions he encountered during his investigation

Tags: 1930s, Arrests, Chain gangs, Deep South, Georgia, Human rights, Journalism, Labor, Mass incarceration, Muckraking, New Slavery, Newsclipping, Prison reform, Racial slurs, Socialism, Spivak John L. (John Louis) 1897-1981, Violation, Workers' rights

A book review of Georgia Nigger (1932) by Spivak John L. (John Louis) 1897-1981 which includes quotes from John Spivak

Tags: 1930s, Chain gangs, Deep South, Georgia, Human rights, Journalism, Labor, Law, Mass incarceration, Muckraking, New Slavery, Newsclipping, Prison reform, Racial slurs, Socialism, Spivak John L. (John Louis) 1897-1981, Violation, Workers' rights

A newspaper article recounting how Texas Farm Workers' Union members were harassed by law enforcement during their march on Washington in 1977.

Tags: Agricultural Union, Antonio Orendain, Arrests, Civil liberties, Congressman, Deep South, Demonstration, Farm Workers, Labor, March, Newsclipping, Protest, Union