Today in labor history May 28 sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in the Woolworth’s in Jackson, Ms

[Omaha Steve]

May 28

The Ladies Shoe Binders Society formed in New York - 1835

At least 30,000 workers in Rochester, N.Y. participate in a general strike in support of municipal workers who had been fired for forming a union - 1946


May 28, 1963 - A Tougaloo College professor and students staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in the Woolworth’s in Jackson, Mississippi. White youths showered the peaceful protesters with verbal abuse and dumped ketchup, mustard and soda on them. The demonstrators were then doused with spray paint and beaten.

Read more about the sit-in and the civil rights movement at http://www.hunterbear.org/Woolworth%20Sitin%20Jackson.htm and
http://www.wadsworth.com/history_d/templates/student_resources/0534607411/sources/old/ch29/29.1.comingofage.html

Labor History found here: http://www.biglabor.com/history.php & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_05_28_2009